Progressive incision of the Channeled Scablands by outburst floods

Isaac J. Larsen () and Michael P. Lamb
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Isaac J. Larsen: University of Massachusetts
Michael P. Lamb: California Institute of Technology

Nature, 2016, vol. 538, issue 7624, 229-232

Abstract: Simulations of water flow and erosion in Moses Coulee suggest that the floods that carved this canyon only partially filled it, implying much lower flood discharges than previously thought.

Date: 2016
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