Regional analysis of runoff thresholds behaviour in Southern Italy based on theoretically derived distributions

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 26, Issue , 2011, Pages 139-144

  Fiorentino, M ^a   Gioia, A ^b   Iacobellis, V ^b   Manfreda, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; RUNOFF; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD;

ITALY;

EID: 79551629058     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-26-139-2011     Document Type: Article

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