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dc.contributor.authorKIawon, E.J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-29T02:16:14Z
dc.date.available2018-09-29T02:16:14Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationKIawon, E.J., 1998, Paleoflood Hydrology and Historic Flood Analysis in the upper Verde River basin, central Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-98-05, 93 p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/629922
dc.descriptionHell Canyon and Sycamore Canyon are major ungaged tributaries in the upper Verde River basin of central Arizona. Gage data imply that the record discharge of 1507 ems on February 20, 1993 at the Verde River gage near Clarkdale, Arizona was derived primarily from these tributaries. Reconstructions of 1993 flows measure 800-900 ems in Sycamore Canyon and 600-700 ems in Hell Canyon. Historic and pre-historic flood sequences were examined in various stratigraphic exposures in these canyons; as many as 11 floods are recorded at any one site. The 1993 floodwaters typically over top all prior flood stratigraphy; however, dendrochronology suggests that similar floods occurred prior to the gage record. These results confirm that Hell Canyon and Sycamore Canyon are major contributors to floods on the Verde River in both the historical and paleoflood record.
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesOFR-98-05
dc.relation.urlhttps://library.azgs.arizona.edu/
dc.rightsArizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectArizona Geological Survey Open File Reports
dc.subjectSycamore Canyon
dc.subjectHell Canyon
dc.subjectVerde River
dc.subjectArizona
dc.subjectupper Verde River basin
dc.subjectGage data
dc.subjectstratigraphy
dc.subjectHistoric
dc.subjectAnalysis
dc.subjectflood
dc.subjectGeology
dc.subjecthydrology
dc.subjectpaleoflood
dc.subjectQuaternary
dc.subjectPleistocene
dc.subjectHolocene
dc.subjectRecent
dc.subjectPaulden
dc.subjectOak Creek
dc.subjectCornville
dc.subjectClarkdale
dc.subjectCamp Verde
dc.subjectBasin and Range Province
dc.subjectTransition Zone
dc.subjectstream competence
dc.subjectslackwater deposits
dc.subjectpaleostage indicator
dc.subjectriver terraces
dc.subjectbasin fill
dc.subjectbasin morphology
dc.subjectbedload
dc.subjectflow reconstruction
dc.subjectflood analysis
dc.subjectgeochronology
dc.subjectdendrochronology
dc.subjectgeologic hazard
dc.subjectfloodplain
dc.titlePaleoflood Hydrology and Historic Flood Analysis in the upper Verde River basin, central Arizona
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