Reconstructing peak discharges of historic floods of the river Ahr, Germany

Erdkunde

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-59

  Roggenkamp, Thomas ^a   Herget, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discharge estimation; Eifel; Flood reconstruction; Historic flood; Palaeohydrology; River Ahr

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; HYDROGRAPH; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER CHANNEL; ROUGHNESS;

EIFEL; GERMANY; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 84907522692     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2014.01.05     Document Type: Article

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