Damage costs due to bedload transport processes in Switzerland

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 279-294

  Badoux, A ^a   Andres, N ^a   Turowski, J M ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 84894245631     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-279-2014     Document Type: Article

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