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Original Articles

The Generalized Pareto distribution applied to rainfall depths

Application de la répartition de Pareto généralisée aux hauteurs pluviométriques

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Pages 151-162 | Received 19 Jul 1985, Accepted 04 Dec 1985, Published online: 21 Dec 2009

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