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In-stream distribution and hydraulic and ecological effects of volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens eruption. Technical completion report, grant no. 14-34-0001-1466

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Title In-stream distribution and hydraulic and ecological effects of volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens eruption. Technical completion report, grant no. 14-34-0001-1466
Creator Milligan, James M.; Falter, C. Michael; Brusven, Merlyn A.
Date 1983-10
Coverage Northern Idaho; Palouse River 46.89, -117.37
Subject Volcanoes; volcanic ash; Deposition; Benthic environment; Food chains
Description The catastrophic eruption of Mt. St. Helens in southwestern Washington on May 18, 1980 deposited a plume of volcanic ash from Washington to western Montana. Ash deposits in northern Idaho were significant with depths varying from 2 to 3 mm in the fringes to as much as 50 mm in the central area of the plume as it crossed the Idaho panhandle. Varying amounts of the ash were deposited directly in streams located in the plume area. This study is an evaluation of the changes in the in-stream...
Relation Palouse Basin
Publisher Idaho Water and Energy Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Language eng
Rights Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/588

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