Frequency, predisposition, and triggers of floods in flysch Carpathians: Regional study using dendrogeomorphic methods

Geomorphology

Volumn 234, Issue , 2015, Pages 243-253

  Šilhán, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Flash flood; Flysch; Regional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLYSCH; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BESKYDY MOUNTAINS; CARPATHIANS; CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVSKOSLEZSKY;

EID: 84921480232     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.041     Document Type: Article

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