Upper limits of flash flood stream power in Europe

Geomorphology

Volumn 272, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-77

  Marchi, Lorenzo ^a   Cavalli, Marco ^a   Amponsah, William ^a,b   Borga, Marco ^b   Crema, Stefano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel slope; Flash flood; Geomorphic changes; Peak discharge; River; Stream power

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLASH FLOOD; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL; RETURN PERIOD; RIVER CHANNEL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84947602482     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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