Geomorphic and sedimentological signature of a two-phase outburst flood from moraine-dammed Queen Bess Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Kershaw, Jane A ^a   Clague, John J ^a   Evans, Stephen G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Flood; Moraine dammed lake; Nostetuko River; Palaeohydrology

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COASTAL ZONES; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISPLACEMENT PHASE; FLOOD PEAKS; HYDRAULIC PONDING; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL SIGNATURE;

FLOODS;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; JOKULHLAUP; MORAINE; OUTBURST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244255689     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1122     Document Type: Article

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