Debris flows from small catchments of the Ma Ha Tuak Range, metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona

Geomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 339-352

  Dorn, Ronald I ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating; Debris flows; Desert varnish; Geomorphology; Rock varnish; Urban hazard

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DEBRIS FLOW; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LEVEE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOUNTAIN; ROCK VARNISH; STORM; URBAN GROWTH;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI;

EID: 77954834817     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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