Can we distinguish flood frequency and magnitude in the sedimentological record of rivers?

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 579-582

  Sambrook Smith, Gregory H ^a   Best, James L ^b   Ashworth, Philip J ^c   Lane, Stuart N ^d   Parker, Natalie O ^a   Lunt, Ian A ^e   Thomas, Robert E ^f   Simpson, Christopher J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

^f University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^g Fulcrum Graphic Communications Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; RIVERS; SCOUR; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RATE OF INCREASE; RIVER DISCHARGE;

FLOODS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DISCHARGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SCOUR; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

EID: 77956050265     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30861.1     Document Type: Article

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