Late Pleistocene outburst flooding from pluvial Lake Alvord into the Owyhee River, Oregon

Geomorphology

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 346-367

  Carter, Deron T ^a   Ely, Lisa L ^a   O'Connor, Jim E ^b   Fenton, Cassandra R ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Alvord; Outburst flood; Paleohydrology; Pluvial

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; LAKE DYNAMICS; OUTFLOW; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALVORD LAKE; COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; OWYHEE RIVER; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 33645931013     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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