Flash flood hydrology in karstic terrain: Flumineddu Canyon, central-east Sardinia

Geomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 162-173

  De Waele, Jo ^a   Martina, Mario L V ^a   Sanna, Laura ^b   Cabras, Salvatore ^c,d   Cossu, Q Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Gruppo Archeo Speleo Ambientale Urzulei/Associazione Speleologica Progetto Supramonte ^*

^d Sardinian Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Flash floods; Geomorphology; Karst; Peak flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; KARST; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOW; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 77954814440     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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