Quantitative paleoflood hydrology

G Benito, TM Harden, J Connor - 2020 - digital.csic.es
Paleoflood hydrologyKochel and Baker (1982) is the reconstruction of the magnitude and
frequency of past floods using geologicalevidence (Baker et al., 2002). Over the last 40 …

New approach to estimate extreme flooding using continuous synthetic simulation supported by regional precipitation and non-systematic flood data

C Beneyto, JÁ Aranda, G Benito, F Francés - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Stochastic weather generators combined with hydrological models have been proposed for
continuous synthetic simulation to estimate return periods of extreme floods. Yet, this …

A palaeoclimate proxy database for water security planning in Queensland Australia

J Croke, J Vítkovský, K Hughes, M Campbell… - Scientific Data, 2021 - nature.com
Palaeoclimate data relating to hydroclimate variability over the past millennia have a vital
contribution to make to the water sector globally. The water industry faces considerable …

The copula application for analysis of the flood threat at the river confluences in the Danube River Basin in Slovakia

V Bačová Mitková, D Halmová, P Pekárová, P Miklánek - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
In hydrological practice, individual elements of the hydrological cycle are most often
estimated and evaluated separately. Uncertainty in the size estimation of extrema …

Paleoflood evidence for an upper limit of the maximum flood magnitudes along the Gold Gorge, the upper Hanjiang River, China

P Mao, J Pang, CC Huang, X Zha, Y Zhou, Y Guo… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper provides an important archive of the largest paleoflood event along the Gold
Gorge of the upper Hanjiang River, with a review of regional extraordinary flood magnitudes …

Flood hazard assessment of the Rhône River revisited with reconstructed discharges from lake sediments

G Evin, B Wilhelm, JP Jenny - Global and Planetary Change, 2019 - Elsevier
Accurate flood hazard assessments are crucial for adequate flood hazard mapping and
hydraulic infrastructure design. The choice of an acceptable and cost-effective solution for …

Surface microtextures of quartz grains and minor sedimentary components across the Paleolithic Jeongok‐ri sediments, Yeoncheon, South Korea

S Baek, K Jo - Journal of Quaternary Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Jeongok‐ri Paleolithic site in the central Korean peninsula is known as the
first findspot of Acheulean‐type hand axes in East Asia. Although many previous studies …

Paleoflood hydrology on the lower Green River, upper Colorado River Basin, USA: An example of a naturalist approach to flood-risk analysis

T Liu, N Greenbaum, VR Baker, L Ji, J Onken… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Through a comprehensive paleoflood hydrological investigation we document natural
evidence for at least 27 high-magnitude paleofloods at six sites on the Lower Green River …

Coupled insights from the palaeoenvironmental, historical and archaeological archives to support social-ecological resilience and the sustainable development goals

KJ Allen, F Reide, C Gouramanis… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Many governments and organisations are currently aligning many aspects of their policies
and practices to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Achieving the SDGs should …

Design flood and flood-prone areas under rating curve uncertainty: area of Vieux-Ténès, Algeria

A Kastali, A Zeroual, M Remaoun… - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The accuracy of flood control models depends on the set of annual maximum discharge
used to estimate design flood via statistical flood frequency analysis (FFA). The uncertainties …