Rainfall intensity-duration thresholds for bedload transport initiation in small Alpine watersheds

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3091-3108

  Badoux, A ^a   Turowski, J M ^a   Mao, L ^b   Mathys, N ^c   Rickenmann, D ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; DEBRIS FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; ITALY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84867805621     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-3091-2012     Document Type: Article

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