A catastrophic flood caused by drainage of a caldera lake at Aniakchak Volcano, Alaska, and implications for volcanic hazards assessment

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 861-871

  Waythomas, Christopher F ^a   Walder, Joseph S ^b   McGimsey, Robert G ^a   Neal, Christina A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; LAKES; VOLCANOES; WATER; FLOODS;

ANIAKCHAK; CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; DAM-BREAKS; DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; LARGE LAKES; PEAK DISCHARGE; REGRESSION EQUATION; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

FLOODS; LAKES;

BACKWATER; CALDERA; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DAM FAILURE; DRAINAGE WATER; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PEAK DISCHARGE; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; FLOODING; LAKE; RIM FAILURE; VOLCANIC HAZARD;

ALASKA; ALASKA PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; ANIAKCHAK VOLCANO; USA;

EID: 0030470339     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0861:ACFCBD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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