Catastrophic glacial outburst floods on the Arkansas river, Colorado

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 35-57

  Lee, Keenan ^a  

^a Advanced Coatings and Surface Engineering Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FLOODING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER FLOW; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; MORAINE; OUTBURST; PLEISTOCENE;

ARKANSAS RIVER; COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAWATCH RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956905106     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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