Alluvial fan flooding / Committee on Alluvial Fan Flooding, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by relatively shallow depths, strike with little if any warning, can travel at extremely high velocitie...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Alluvial Fan Flooding
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
Subjects:	Alluvial fans. Floodplain management.