Reconstruction of a major storm event from its geomorphic signature: The Ladakh floods, 6 August 2010

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 483-486

  Hobley, Daniel E J ^a,b   Sinclair, Hugh D ^a   Mudd, Simon M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE STORMS; DEBRIS FLOWS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; HIMALAYAS; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; STORM EVENTS;

DEBRIS; RAIN;

STORMS;

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; STORM;

HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84864302043     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32935.1     Document Type: Article

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