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Sedimentologic Changes In The Deposits Of An Evolving Lahar-Flood In 2006, Hood River Basin, Mount Hood, Oregon, Matthew Ray Poole
Sedimentologic Changes In The Deposits Of An Evolving Lahar-Flood In 2006, Hood River Basin, Mount Hood, Oregon, Matthew Ray Poole
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Over a span of six days from November 2-7, 2006 approximately 43 cm of precipitation fell over the Hood River Basin in Oregon. A lahar was initiated on the Eliot Branch of the Middle Fork Hood River by two or more landslides that occurred on the lateral moraines of the Eliot Glacier on the early part of November 7th, 2006. The Eliot Branch lahar was embedded within the larger regional flood that was occurring in the Hood River Basin and traveled a total of 48 km from the initiation points on the north flank of Mount Hood to the Hood …