Response of extreme floods in the southwestern United States to climatic variations in the late Holocene

Geomorphology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 175-201

  Ely, Lisa L ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Fluvial geomorphology; Holocene climate; Paleofloods; Paleohydrology; Utah

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; PALAEOHYDROLOGY;

USA, ARIZONA; USA, UTAH;

EID: 0031456005     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(97)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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