Description and analysis of the debris flows occurred during 2008 in the Eastern Pyrenees

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1635-1645

  Portilla, M ^a,b   Chevalier, G ^a   Hurlimann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; RESEARCH WORK; RHEOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; TERRAIN;

PYRENEES;

EID: 77955224125     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-1635-2010     Document Type: Article

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