Palaeohydrology: Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Global Megaflood Paleohydrology  (Victor R. Baker)....Pages 3-28
 Flooding Northern Germany: Impacts and Magnitudes of Middle Pleistocene Glacial Lake-Outburst Floods  (Jutta Winsemann, Jörg Lang)....Pages 29-47
 Outburst Flood from Möhne Reservoir in May 1943 After Aerial Bombing  (Jürgen Herget, Lukas Gregori)....Pages 49-61
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 Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence  (Rudolf Brázdil, Andrea Kiss, Ladislava Řezníčková, Mariano Barriendos)....Pages 65-96
 Geomorphological and Geoarchaeological Evidence of the Medieval Deluge in the Tagliamento River (NE Italy)  (Alessandro Fontana, Matteo Frassine, Livio Ronchi)....Pages 97-116
 Inverted Channels in the Eastern Sahara—Distribution, Formation, and Interpretation to Enable Reconstruction of Paleodrainage Networks  (Abdallah S. Zaki, Robert Giegengack, Sébastien Castelltort)....Pages 117-134
 Noah’s Flood—Probing an Ancient Narrative Using Geoscience  (Helmut Brückner, Max Engel)....Pages 135-151
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 Luminescence Dating in Fluvial Settings: Overcoming the Challenge of Partial Bleaching  (Rachel K. Smedley, Grace K. A. Skirrow)....Pages 155-168
 Large Palaeomeanders in Europe: Distribution, Formation Process, Age, Environments and Significance  (Jef Vandenberghe, Aleksey Sidorchuk)....Pages 169-186
 Palaeostage Indicators in Rivers—An Illustrated Review  (Jürgen Herget)....Pages 187-211
 High-Resolution Sedimentary Paleoflood Records in Alluvial River Environments: A Review of Recent Methodological Advances and Application to Flood Hazard Assessment  (Willem H. J. Toonen, Samuel E. Munoz, Kim M. Cohen, Mark G. Macklin)....Pages 213-228
Back Matter ....Pages 229-230