The 2013 Alberta Flood: Causes and Consequences

The 2013 Alberta Flood: Causes and Consequences

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Why did the flood happen?

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Why did the flood happen?

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The 2013 Alberta Flood: Causes and Consequences

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Brief note
  3. 3 Introduction
  4. 4 Overview of the Bow River Basin
  5. 5 Why did the flood happen?
  6. 6 The impact of the jet stream
  7. 7 The field sketch....
  8. 8 Cougar Creek - Canmore
  9. 9 Debris flow on an alluvial fan
  10. 10 Debris flows and floods in Canmore
  11. 11 Lost highways
  12. 12 Impact in Calgary
  13. 13 Typical challenges Calgary faced
  14. 14 From the air - June 22d 2013 (unseen footage)
  15. 15 Wildlife & the Zoo
  16. 16 Background information - terms
  17. 17 Crevasse splay deposits
  18. 18 Crevasse splay case study - Inglewood
  19. 19 Creating braid bars (2)
  20. 20 Flooded point bars
  21. 21 River bend erosion
  22. 22 Effect of river scour
  23. 23 Sedimentological summary
  24. 24 Comparison with historical floods
  25. 25 Flood data from other Southern Alberta rivers
  26. 26 The next Calgary flood?
  27. 27 How to prevent it happening again?
  28. 28 Dry dams and tunnels
  29. 29 Ongoing monitoring
  30. 30 Conclusions

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