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Davide Tiranti1, Marco Cavalli2, Stefano Crema2

  • 1Department of Forecasting Systems, Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Piedmont, Turin, Italy.

The Science of the Total Environment
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PubMed

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Debris flowLandslideSediment cascadeSediment source areaWestern Italian Alps

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