High-magnitude, low-frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of water
In geomorphology, an outburst flood—a type of megaflood—is a high-magnitude, low-frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of a large quantity of water.[1][2] During the last deglaciation, numerous glacial lake outburst floods were caused by the collapse of either ice sheets or glaciers that formed the dams of proglacial lakes. Examples of older outburst floods are known from the geological past of the Earth and inferred from geomorphological evidence on Mars. Landslides, lahars, and volcanic dams can also block rivers and create lakes, which trigger such floods when the rock or earthen barrier collapses or is eroded. Lakes also form behind glacial moraines or ice dams, which can collapse and create outburst floods.[3][4]
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In geomorphology, an outburstflood—a type of megaflood—is a high-magnitude, low-frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of a large quantity...
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2002 Russell Lake OutburstFloods". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2007-01-18. "2002 Russell Fjord Closure and Russell Lake Outburst". Water Resources...
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Linhai; Bai, Shibiao; et al. (2016). "Outburstflood at 1920 BCE supports historicity of China's Great Flood and the Xia dynasty". Science. 353 (6299):...
forest service road. The landslide and the subsequent threat of a dam outburstflood on Meager Creek caused the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents...
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(32 km) up Rock Creek. Missoula floods – Heavy floods of the last ice age Glacial lake outburstflood – Type of outburstflood that occurs when the dam containing...
(2006-03-15). "Flash Floods and Debris Flows due to Glacial Lake OutburstFloods" (ppt). Proceedings of the International Workshop on Flash Flood Forecasting coordinated...
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