Predictive and investigative modelling of flood risk within Welsh river catchments : a co-funded pilot study : preliminary report, February 2004

Sheppard, T.H.; Davies, J.R.. 2004 Predictive and investigative modelling of flood risk within Welsh river catchments : a co-funded pilot study : preliminary report, February 2004. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 33pp. (IR/04/063) (Unpublished)

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Abstract/Summary

The first three sections of this report detail the rationale project rationale: background and inception of the pilot study (Section 1); specifications and remit of the study as a whole (Section 2), and details BGS’ role (Section 3). The remaining sections represent preliminary assessments of methodologies relevant to the modelling of flood risk in Wales: mapping methodologies (Section 4); the Holocene evolution of Welsh river catchments (Section 5); radiocarbon dating techniques and preliminary results (Section 6); the implications of the methodologies, data and interpretation for BGS alluvial mapping methodologies (Section 7), and a preliminary assessment of computer-based forward-modelling of flood risk at Aberystwyth University (Section 8).

Item Type:	Publication - Report
Programmes:	BGS Programmes > Physical Hazards
Funders/Sponsors:	Welsh Assembly Government, Environment Agency Wales, Countryside Council for Wales, University of Wales Aberystwyth, British Geological Survey
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	This item has been internally reviewed but not externally peer-reviewed
Date made live:	09 Jan 2015 11:28 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509305

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