Peak discharge of a Pleistocene lava-dam outburst flood in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Auteurs :
FENTON, C.R.
WEBB, R.H.
CERLING, T.E.

Description :
Here, the AA. report the results of hydrologic modeling of the flood wave representing one of these outburst floods, an event that occurred 165,000 yr ago with the failure of the Hyaloclastite Dam. The AA. used dam-failure and unsteady flow modeling to estimate a peak discharge and flow hydrograph. Moreover, the Hyaloclastite outburst flood is the oldest documented Quaternary flood and one of the largest to have occurred in the continental USA.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 2006, vol. 65, n°. 2, p. 324-355, nombre de pages : 32, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 36 ref.

Date :
2006

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier