Snow avalanche hazards in the Fǎgǎraş massif (Southern Carpathians): Romanian carpathians-management and perspectives

Natural Hazards

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-475

  Voiculescu, Mircea ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Avalanche hazard; F g ra massif; Hazard management; Romanian Carpathians; Snow avalanche

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GLACIAL DEBRIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAGARAS MOUNTAINS; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BALEA; CAPRA;

EID: 70449480706     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9281-z     Document Type: Article

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