Sediment characteristics of an extreme flood: 1993 upper Mississippi River valley

Research Article| November 01, 1995 Sediment characteristics of an extreme flood: 1993 upper Mississippi River valley Basil Gomez; Basil Gomez 1Department of Geography and Geology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar L. A. K. Mertes; L. A. K. Mertes 2Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar J. D. Phillips; J. D. Phillips 3Department of Geography, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar F. J. Magilligan; F. J. Magilligan 4Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar L. A. James L. A. James 5Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Basil Gomez 1Department of Geography and Geology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809 L. A. K. Mertes 2Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 J. D. Phillips 3Department of Geography, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858 F. J. Magilligan 4Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 L. A. James 5Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1995) 23 (11): 963–966. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0963:SCOAEF>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Basil Gomez, L. A. K. Mertes, J. D. Phillips, F. J. Magilligan, L. A. James; Sediment characteristics of an extreme flood: 1993 upper Mississippi River valley. Geology 1995;; 23 (11): 963–966. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0963:SCOAEF>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The 1993 Mississippi River flood was notable for its high magnitude, long duration, summer occurrence, and low sediment discharge. A field survey of a 70-km-long reach in the vicinity of Quincy, Illinois, revealed that the event was characterized by <4 mm of vertical accretion on leveed and unleveed parts of the flood plain. Regional patterns of overbank suspended sediment transport and deposition were discerned from Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery. This >100 yr flood had remarkably little sedimentological or geomorphological impact on the flood plain within the study reach because the transport effectiveness of floods in large drainage basins is influenced by event sequencing in the same manner as floods in small watersheds, and the cohesive flood-plain soils were not susceptible to erosion. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.