Origins of the 1996 controlled flood in Grand Canyon

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 110, Issue , 1999, Pages 23-36

  Schmidt, John C ^a   Andrews, Edmund D ^b   Wegner, David L ^c   Patten, Duncan T ^d   Richard Marzolf, G ^b   Moody, Thomas O ^e  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Ecosystem Management International   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications   (United States)

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EID: 84857341530     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM110p0023     Document Type: Chapter

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