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Geological evidence of extraordinary floods provides quantitative information on magnitude and frequency that increases the reliability of risk analyses for extreme floods. The long-term paleoflood records can be incorporated into flood frequency analyses, identify the maximum expected flood, and document the stationarity of flood series. Case studies from the Colorado River Basin are presented to illustrate the applicability of these data and procedures.
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Ely, L.L., Enzel, Y., O’Connor, J.E., Baker, V.R. (1991). Paleoflood Records and Risk Assessment: Examples from the Colorado River Basin. In: Ganoulis, J. (eds) Water Resources Engineering Risk Assessment. NATO ASI Series, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76971-9_8
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