Ancient floods, modern hazards principles and applications of paleoflood hydrology /
This book/CD-ROM package provides an overview of the present state of knowledge in paleoflood hydrology and offers new perspectives on its applicability to related subjects. Emphasis is on recent, significant improvements in the methodological and conceptual basis for paleoflood studies, quantitativ...
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Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Water science and application ; 5. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1029/WS005 |
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This book/CD-ROM package provides an overview of the present state of knowledge in paleoflood hydrology and offers new perspectives on its applicability to related subjects. Emphasis is on recent, significant improvements in the methodological and conceptual basis for paleoflood studies, quantitative and statistical tests of assumptions underlying paleoflood research, and recent applications in areas including remote sensing technology. The CD-ROM contains digital images, color figures, and data tables. Material originated at the September 1999 Second International Paleoflood Conference, held in Prescott, Arizona. This work lacks a subject index. c. Book News Inc. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vi, 385 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9781118665701 (electronic bk.) 1118665708 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | QE39 |
CLC: | P33-09 |
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Scientific and societal value of paleoflood hydrology / Climate variability and flood frequency at decadal to millennial time scales / Paleoflood reconstruction on floodplains using geophysical survey data and hydraulic modeling / Mapping flood inundation in southwestern Arizona using Landsat TM data : a method for rapid regional flood assessment following large storms / Dendrochronologic evidence for the frequency and magnitude of paleofloods / Reliability of paleostage indicators for paleoflood studies / One-dimensional estimation techniques for discharges of paleofloods and historical floods / Robust determination of stage and discharge : and example from an extreme flood on the Verde River, Arizona / Initial motion of boulders in bedrock channels / Bias and information content of paleoflood data in flood-frequency analysis / Paleohydrologic bounds--non-exceedance information for flood hazard assessment / Cosmogenic 3He ages and geochemical discrimination of lava-dam outburst-flood deposits in western Grand Canyon, Arizona / Evaluation of glacial outburst flood hypothesis for the Big Lost River, Idaho / Watershed scale and the stratigraphic record of large floods / Slackwater deposits as paleostage indicators in canyon reaches of the Central Appalachians : reevaluation after the 1996 Cheat River Flood / Historical flood and paleoflood chronology of the Lower Verde River, Arizona : stratigraphic evidence and related uncertainties / Paleoflood hydrology of the Paria River, Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, USA / Paleofloods and the estimation of long term transmission losses and recharge to the Lower Nahal Zin Alluvial Aquifer, Negev Desert, Israel / Caves and their potential use in paleoflood studies / Modeled paleoflood hydraulics as a tool for interpreting bedrock channel morphology / Geology and geography of floods / |