Rare and dangerous: Recognizing extra-ordinary events in stream channels

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 161-173

  Jakob, Matthias ^a,d   Clague, John J ^b   Church, Michael ^c  

^a BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CWRA ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS;

EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; OUTBURST FLOODS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; STREAM CHANNELS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84929591420     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2015.1028451     Document Type: Article

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