Events on Fans and Cones: Recurrence Interval and Magnitude

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-108

  Jakob, Matthias ^a  

^a BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debris Flow; Partial Duration Series; Quantitative Risk Assessment; Return Period; Rock Avalanche

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907475118     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4336-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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