Paleoflood discharge reconstruction in Tatra Mountain streams

Geomorphology

Volumn 272, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-101

  Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan Antonio ^a,b   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Spyt, Barbara ^c   Janecka, Karolina ^c   Kaczka, Ryszard J ^c   Lempa, Michał ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Flood; Paleoflood; Tatra Mountains

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RECONSTRUCTION;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84953311499     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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