R.C. Chiverrell
Using lake sediment archives to improve understanding of flood magnitude and frequency: recent extreme flooding in northwest UK
Chiverrell, R.C.; Sear, D.A.; Warburton, J.; Macdonald, N.; Schillereff, D.N.; Dearing, J.A.; Croudace, I.W.; Brown, J.; Bradley, J.
Authors
D.A. Sear
Professor Jeff Warburton jeff.warburton@durham.ac.uk
Professor
N. Macdonald
D.N. Schillereff
J.A. Dearing
I.W. Croudace
J. Brown
J. Bradley
Abstract
We present the first quantitative reconstruction of palaeofloods using lake sediments for the UK and show that for a large catchment in NW England the cluster of devastating floods from 1990 to present is without precedent in this 558‐year palaeo‐record. Our approach augments conventional flood magnitude and frequency (FMF) analyses with continuous lake sedimentary data to provide a longer‐term perspective on flood magnitude recurrence probabilities. The 2009 flood, the largest in >558 years, had a recurrence interval larger (1:2,200 year) than revealed by conventional flood estimation using shorter duration gauged single station records (1:1,700 year). Flood‐rich periods are non‐stationary in their correlation with climate indices, but the 1990‐2018 cluster is associated with warmer Northern Hemisphere Temperatures and positive Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Monitored records rarely capture the largest floods and our palaeoflood series shows, for this catchment, such omissions undermine evaluations of future risk. Our approach provides an exemplar of how to derive centennial palaeoflood reconstructions from lakes coupled well with their catchments around the world.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 9, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 25, 2019 |
Publication Date | Sep 30, 2019 |
Deposit Date | May 28, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 8, 2019 |
Journal | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms |
Print ISSN | 0197-9337 |
Electronic ISSN | 1096-9837 |
Publisher | British Society for Geomorphology |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 44 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 2376-2376 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4650 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1300628 |
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