Floodplain stratigraphy of the ice jam dominated middle Yukon River: A new approach to long-term flood frequency

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-371

  Livingston, Joanne M ^a   Smith, Derald G ^b   Froese, Duane G ^c   Hugenholtz, Chris H ^d  

^a TERA Environmental Consultants   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood; Flood frequency; Floodplain; Ice jam; Sedimentology; Yukon River

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLIMATE CONTROL; ICE; LOCATION; PETROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; ICE JAM; LITTLE ICE AGES; NEW APPROACHES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; RADIO CARBON DATING; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; YUKON RIVER;

ICE CONTROL;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE COVER; ICE FLOW; LITTLE ICE AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 61749101034     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7106     Document Type: Article

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