Identifying a dominant discharge for natural rivers in southern Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 313-321

  Ferro, Vito ^a   Porto, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bankfull discharge; Dominant discharge; Effective discharge; Fluvial processes; Italy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY;

EID: 84856015332     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.035     Document Type: Article

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