H112
Recent Advances in Paleoflood Hydrology Research and Applications
Session ID#: 82453
Session Description:
Paleoflood hydrology is an important component of earth science with numerous applications to the understanding of flood history and the evaluation of flood hazards. Paleoflood analysis has been employed throughout the world for compiling long-term flood records, improving flood risk estimation, and identifying climate-flood relationships. Flood records can be extended by hundreds to thousands of years by reconstructing past flood discharges using geomorphological and botanical indicators, along with documentary evidence.
This session seeks submissions covering basic and applied research on paleoflood hydrology methods such as paleostage indicators (e.g., sediments, erosional landforms), botanical evidence, flow reconstruction techniques, and dating methods.
Submissions are also sought on recent paleoflood analysis applications for water resources investigations, flood hazard studies, geomorphic assessments, and climate studies. Innovative methods using paleoflood information in combination with historical and instrumental records, as well as use of paleohydrology proxies to inform understanding of nonstationarity in flood regimes are also sought.
Index Terms:
1821 Floods [HYDROLOGY]
1825 Geomorphology: fluvial [HYDROLOGY]
4303 Hydrological [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener: Joseph Francis Kanney, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD, United States
Conveners: Jim E O'Connor, USGS, Portland, OR, United States, Karen R Ryberg, USGS Dakota Water Science Center, Bismarck, ND, United States and Keith Kelson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA, United States
Primary Liaison: Joseph Francis Kanney, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD, United States
Trans-Atlantic Paleoflood Frequency and Magnitude in the Common Era: When, where, and why do extreme floods occur? (580095)
Ray Lombardi1, Matthew D Therrell2, Emily A Elliott1 and Johanna Engström3, (1)University of Alabama, Geography, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)University of Alabama, Department of Geography, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (3)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Reducing uncertainty in estimating rare flood events using paleoflood analyses: Insights from an investigation near Stillhouse Hollow Dam, Texas (596951)
Justin Pearce, USACE, Risk Management Cener, Lakewood, CO, United States, Brian Hall, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise, Huntington, WV, United States, Alessandro Parola, US Army Corps of Engineers Ft. Worth, Ft. Worth, TX, United States, Brendan Comport, US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle, Seattle, United States and Christina Leonard, Utah State University, Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States
Using paleoflood hydrology to characterize historical and pre-historical floods on the Sun River and Willow Creek watersheds, northern Montana, USA (616904)
Giorgia Fulcheri1, Melissa A. Foster1, Daniel Levish2 and Amanda Stone3, (1)Bureau of Reclamation Denver, Denver, CO, United States, (2)Bureau Reclamation, Denver, CO, United States, (3)Bureau of Reclamation Denver, Technical Service Center, Denver, CO, United States
Development of a flood warning system using a dense rain gauge network for an urban environment in North Texas (622322)
Nick Z. Fang1, Dongfeng Li2, Shang Gao1 and William Sanders3, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Civil Engineering, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (3)The University of Texas at Arlington, Civil Engineering Dept, Arlington, TX, United States
Flood hazard dipole across the Mississippi River basin: Observations, Reconstructions, and Implications (490777)
Samuel E. Munoz, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States and Trevor John Porter, University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Geography, Mississauga, ON, Canada
How Unusual Was Hurricane Harvey? New Paleoflood Records for Southeast Texas (492584)
Joeri Reinders1, Peter J. van Hengstum2, Edward Beighley3 and Samuel E. Munoz1, (1)Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States, (3)Northeastern University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston, MA, United States
Paleoflood Hydrology on the lower Green River, upper Colorado River Basin, USA (503456)
Tao Liu1, Noam Greenbaum2, Victor R Baker1, Lin Ji3, Jill Onken4, John Weisheit5, Naomi Porat6 and Tammy M Rittenour7, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Haifa, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Haifa, Israel, (3)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)Living Rivers, Moab, AZ, United States, (6)Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, (7)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States
Characterizing extreme floods on the middle Tennessee River, Alabama (USA) using a paleoflood chronology (Invited) (528238)
Lisa Davis, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Ray Lombardi, University of Alabama, Geography, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Christopher Lance Stewart, Murray State University, Murray, KY, United States, Gary E. Stinchcomb, Murray State University, Watershed Studies Institute and Department of Geosciences, Murray, KY, United States, Steven L Forman, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States, Miles Yaw, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, United States and Curtis M Jawdy, Tennessee Valley Authority, Norris, TN, United States
Yellow River flooding during the past two millennia from historical documents (528500)
Jinbao Li, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Teng Li, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and David Dian Zhang, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography, Hong Kong, China
Paleoflood Data, Analysis, and Value for Dam Safety Risk (Invited) (530814)
John F England Jr, US Army Corps of Engineers, Risk Management Center, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Keith Kelson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA, United States and Justin Pearce, USACE, Risk Management Cener, Lakewood, CO, United States
Using Geologic and Geomorphic Tools in USACE Hydrologic Loading Evaluation, Carbon Canyon Dam, Orange County, California (552435)
Keith Kelson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division Dam Safety Production Center, Sacramento, CA, United States, Reuben Sasaki, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Brian Hall, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise, Huntington, WV, United States and Blake Davis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Vicksburg, MS, United States
