Causes and consequences of recent floods in the Golestan catchments and Caspian Sea regions of Iran

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 533-550

  Sharifi, Forood ^a   Samadi, S Zahra ^b   Wilson, Catherine A M E ^b  

^a SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea regions; Climate change; Debris flow; Flash flooding; High extreme events; Peak discharges

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS FLOW; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; HISTORICAL RECORD; NATURAL DISASTER; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF;

CASPIAN SEA; GOLESTAN NATIONAL PARK; IRAN;

EID: 84856371854     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9934-1     Document Type: Article

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