MeetingOfInterest:Meeting-196
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5th international paleoflood conference
RAPID CITY South Dakota, United States
12 - 15 September 2016
12 - 15 September 2016
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Deadlines
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Meeting contact
Tess Harden
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PALEOFLOOD ABSTRACT THEMES
- The impact of climate and land-use changes on paleoflood magnitude and frequency.
- Pleistocene and Holocene geomorphic and sedimentary records of paleofloods, and the factors influencing their long-term preservation potential.
- River channel and catchment responses to paleofloods in different geomorphic contexts (upland vs. lowland, gorge vs. plain, bedrock vs. alluvial, etc.).
- River channel and basin ‘recovery’ following large floods.
- Evidence of megafloods on earth and on other planetary bodies.
- Hydroclimatic controls of paleofloods in various environmental settings (temperate, tropical, polar, dryland, etc.).
- Distinguishing characteristics of paleofloods generated by different mechanisms (direct meteorological events, glacial outburst floods, etc.).
- Methods and techniques of paleoflood reconstruction (geochronology, hydraulic modeling, soil stratigraphy, sedimentology, etc.).
- Innovative hydraulic modeling techniques used to reconstruct extreme flows.
- Databases (for floods, chronology, climate proxies, etc.) to compile paleoflood data and other information that could be used in studying paleofloods.
- Incorporation of paleoflood information in the assessment of flood hazard and risk related to engineered structures (dams, bridges, power plants, etc.).
- Application of paleoflood information to policy issues associated with flood hazards.
- Paleoflood hydrology and the archaeological record.
