Historical floods and a recent extreme rainfall event in the Murgia karstic environment (Southern Italy)

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 195-219

  Polemio, Maurizio ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Damage; Discharge yield; Flood; Human effects; Karst; Natural hazard; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956565974     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054-0015     Document Type: Article

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