Energy expenditure and geomorphic work of the cataclysmic missoula flooding in the Columbia river gorge, USA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 457-472

  Benito, Gerardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE CIENCIAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Floods; Missoula flooding; Palaeohydrology; Stream power

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODING; GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA; JOKULHLAUP; STREAM POWER; WISCONSINAN;

USA, WASHINGTON, COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE;

EID: 0030662317     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199705)22:5<457::AID-ESP762>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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