Hydraulic stream network conditioning by a tectonically induced, giant, deep-seated landslide along the front of the Apennine chain (south Italy)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1269-1283

  Galeandro, A ^a   Doglioni, A ^a   Guerricchio, A ^b   Simeone, V ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; FLOODING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEOTECTONICS; STREAMFLOW; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; BIFERNO RIVER; CAMPOBASSO; ITALY; MOLISE;

EID: 84879290046     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1269-2013     Document Type: Article

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