Floods in the Iberian Peninsula

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 10, 2012, Pages 372-383

  Benito, Gerardo ^a   Machado, Maria J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOODING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84862499496     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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