The effects of large wood elements during an extreme flood in a small tropical basin of Costa Rica

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue , 2010, Pages 225-236

  Mao, L ^a   Comiti, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flood risk; Large wood elements; Riparian vegetation; River management; Tropical basin

Indexed keywords

FLOOD RISKS; LARGE WOOD ELEMENTS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL BASIN;

BIODIVERSITY; BRIDGES; DEBRIS; EROSION; FLOOD DAMAGE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; POLLUTION; RIVERS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; EROSION; FIBER DEBRIS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PLANTS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; TROPICS; WOOD;

EID: 77958165172     PISSN: 17433533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/DEB100191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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