Catastrophic landslides and sedimentary budgets

Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-86

  Fort, Monique ^a   Cossart, Etienne ^b   Arnaud Fassetta, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

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EID: 78349307406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807527.007     Document Type: Chapter

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