Session No. 5
Wednesday, 15 May 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Cedar Ballroom (Davenport Grand Hotel)
T25. Exceptional Floods in the Cordillera
Jim O'Connor and Richard Waitt, Advocates
8:05 AM
MODERN EFFORTS TO MITIGATE LAHAR HAZARDS FROM CASCADES VOLCANOES
MAJOR, Jon, MORAN, Seth, THELEN, Weston, IEZZI, Alexandra, WEISS-RACINE, Holly and WESTBY, Elizabeth, U.S. Geological Survey, Cascades Volcano Observatory, 1300 SE Cardinal Ct Bldg 10, Vancouver, WA 98683-0000
9:05 AM
EXPLORING VARIABILITY IN PEAK DISCHARGE AND EROSION CAUSED BY THE JUNE 2022 ATMOSPHERIC RIVER FLOOD IN NORTHERN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
PERSICO, Lyman, Geology Department, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave, WALLA WALLA, WA 99362 and MEYER, Grant, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
9:25 AM
FLATHEAD LOBE RECESSION IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY: IMPLICATIONS FOR ICE-MARGINAL LAKE DRAINING
SMITH, Larry, Department of Geological Engineering, Montana Technological University, 1300 W. Park St., Butte, MT 59701, MONTEJO, Carlos, Department of Geology, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, Moscow, ID 59701 and BOBST, Andrew L., Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Tech, 1300 W. Park Street, Butte, MT 59701
10:40 AM
DID HEADWARD EROSION COMPLETE THE GRAND COULEE EARLY IN LATE WISCONSIN TIME OR LONG BEFORE THEN?
O'CONNOR, Jim, United States Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics, 1819 SW 5th Ave, No. 336, Portland, OR 97201, LEHNIGK, Karin E., School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 and LARSEN, Isaac, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
11:00 AM
OUTBURST FLOODS FROM THE CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET AFFECTING AREAS NORTH OF THE CHANNELED SCABLAND
LESEMANN, Jerome-Etienne, Earth Science Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5, Canada, COOLEY, Skye, Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Mission Valley, MT 59860 and GOMBINER, Joel, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103-4529
11:40 AM
ANCIENT CATACLYSMIC FLOODS OF THE ICE AGE FLOODS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BURNS, Scott, Portland State UnivDept Geology, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751 and MEDLEY, Erica, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division, Dam Safety Production Center, Sacramento, CA 95814