Reconstructing Paleoflood Occurrence and Magnitude from Lake Sediments

Reconstructing Paleoflood Occurrence and Magnitude from Lake Sediments

Lake sediments are a valuable archive to document past flood occurrence and magnitude, and their evolution over centuries to millennia. This information has the potential to greatly improve current flood design and risk assessment approaches, which are hampered by the shortness and scarcity of gauge...

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Main Authors: Bruno Wilhelm, Benjamin Amann, Juan Pablo Corella, William Rapuc, Charline Giguet-Covex, Bruno Merz, Eivind Støren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Quaternary
Subjects:
paleoflood hydrology
lake sediments
flood occurrence
flood magnitude
methods
challenges
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/5/1/9

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