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Ancient floods, modern hazards : principles and applications of paleoflood hydrology / P. Kyle House [and others], editors.

Other author/creatorHouse, P. Kyle.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoWashington, DC : American Geophysical Union, ©2002.
Descriptionvi, 385 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Subject(s)
Series Water science and application ; 5
Water science and application ; 5. ^A560904
Contents Scientific and societal value of paleoflood hydrology / Victor R. Baker, Robert H. Webb, P. Kyle House -- Climate variability and flood frequency at decadal to millennial time scales / Kelly T. Redmond, Yehouda Enzel, P. Kyle House, Franco Biondi -- Paleoflood reconstruction on floodplains using geophysical survey data and hydraulic modeling / Geoff Pickup, Alan Marks, Mary Bourke -- Mapping flood inundation in southwestern Arizona using Landsat TM data : a method for rapid regional flood assessment following large storms / Larry Mayer, Philip A. Pearthree.
Contents Dendrochronologic evidence for the frequency and magnitude of paleofloods / Thomas M. Yanosky, Robert D. Jarrett -- Reliability of paleostage indicators for paleoflood studies / Robert D. Jarrett, John F. England -- One-dimensional estimation techniques for discharges of paleofloods and historical floods / Robert H. Webb, Robert D. Jarrett -- Robust determination of stage and discharge : and example from an extreme flood on the Verde River, Arizona / Roger P. Denlinger, D.R.H. O'Connell, and P. Kyle House.
Contents Initial motion of boulders in bedrock channels / Paul A. Carling, Mark Hoffmann, and Andrea S. Blatter -- Bias and information content of paleoflood data in flood-frequency analysis / J.B. Blainey, R.H. Webb, M.E. Moss, and V.R. Baker -- Paleohydrologic bounds--non-exceedance information for flood hazard assessment / Daniel R. Levish -- Cosmogenic 3He ages and geochemical discrimination of lava-dam outburst-flood deposits in western Grand Canyon, Arizona / Cassandra R. Fenton, Ropbert H. Webb, Thure E. Cerling, Robert J. Poreda, Barbara P. Nash.
Contents Evaluation of glacial outburst flood hypothesis for the Big Lost River, Idaho / Keith L. Knudsen, Janet M. Sowers, Dean A. Ostenaa, Daniel R. Levish -- Watershed scale and the stratigraphic record of large floods / J.C. Knox, J.M. Daniels -- Slackwater deposits as paleostage indicators in canyon reaches of the Central Appalachians : reevaluation after the 1996 Cheat River Flood / J. Steven Kite, Terry W. Gebhardt, Gregory S. Springer -- Historical flood and paleoflood chronology of the Lower Verde River, Arizona : stratigraphic evidence and related uncertainties / P. Kyle House ... [et al.].
Contents Paleoflood hydrology of the Paria River, Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, USA / R.H. Webb, J.B. Blainey, D.W. Hyndman -- Paleofloods and the estimation of long term transmission losses and recharge to the Lower Nahal Zin Alluvial Aquifer, Negev Desert, Israel / Noam Greenbaum, Uri Schwartz, Asher P. Schick, Yehouda Enzel -- Caves and their potential use in paleoflood stuides / Gregory S. Springer -- Modeled paleoflood hydraulics as a tool for interpreting bedrock channel morphology / Ellen Wohl -- Geology and geography of floods / Jim E. O'Connor, Gordon E. Grant, John E. Costa.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2001053365
ISBN0875903541
ISBN9780875903545

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