Holocene paleoflood hydrology of the Big Lost River, western Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 353, Issue , 2002, Pages 91-110

  Ostenaa, Dean A ^a   O'Connell, Daniel R H ^a   Walters, Roy A ^b,d   Creed, Robert J ^c  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; FLOW SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES; PROBABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANNUAL PROBABILITIES; DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; DISCHARGE FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

RIVER DIVERSION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LABORATORY METHOD; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; PLEISTOCENE; PROBABILITY;

BIG LOST RIVER; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142746589     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2353-1.91     Document Type: Article

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