The Sedimentological and Geomorphological Response of a Glacially Conditioned Watershed to Event Induced Flooding: Insights from the Connecticut River and Hurricane Irene

Tropical Storm Irene’s most extreme rainfall resulted in record-breaking sediment loads from upland tributaries to the Connecticut River. However, was the event exceptional with respect to resultant deposition downstream? Off-river waterbodies to the Lower Connecticut River, such as cut-off meanders...

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Main Author: Kratz, Laura
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2013
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1133
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2263&context=theses