P. Kyle House, Geologist

Abstracts

Ely, L. L., Brossy, C. C., Othus, S., Orem, C., Fenton, C., House, P. K., O'Connor, J. E., Safran, E. B. (2008). Comparison of Natural Dams from Lava Flows and Landslides on the Owyhee River, Oregon (89(53) H53B-1034). EOS Trans, AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.

House, P. K. (2008). Digital Geologic Mapping and Integration with the Geoweb: The Death Knell for Exclusively Paper Geologic Maps (89(53)IN44A-02). EOS Trans, AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.

Safran, E. B., Peden, D., Harrity, K., Anderson, S. W., O'Connor, J. E., Wallick, R., House, P. K., Ely, L. L. (2008). Impact of Landslide Dams on River Profile Evolution (89(53) H54D-03). EOS Trans, AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.

Brossy, C. C., House, P. K., Ely, L. L., Safran, E. B., Champion, D. E., O'Connor, J. E., Bondre, N., Grant, G. (2008). The Role of Late-Cenozoic Lava Flows in the Evolution of the Owyhee River Canyon, Oregon (53rd ed., vol. 89, pp. H53B-1035). EOS Trans, AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.

Othus, S., Ely, L.L., House, P.K., Safran, L., O'Connor, J.E., and Fenton, C., 2007, Comparison of Two Landslides and Related Outburst Flood Deposits and Their Effects on River Evolution, Owyhee River, Oregon, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract  H51E-0808

Williams, A., Buck, B.J., Merkler, D., House, P.K., Howell, M., Morton, J., Robins, C., and Yonovitz, M., 2007, Alluvial fan flood hazard assessment: A comparison of FEMA, NRCS, and surficial geological maps in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada,  Abstracts with Program, Paper 1625. Presented at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, November 4-8, 2007, New Orleans, LA.

Kimbrough, D, Grove, M.,Gehrels, G., Dorsey, R., House, P.K., Howard, K., Pearthree, P.A., Spencer, J.E., Mahoney, B., 2007, Detrital Zircon Record of Colorado River Incision, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract T41C-03.

Safran, E.B., Anderson, S.W., Mills-Novoa, M., Othus, S., Ely, L.,House, P.K., O'Connor, J.E., Grant, G.,Fenton, Beebee, R.A., 2007, Progressive Landslides in Uplifted Volcanic Plateaus: Persistent Loci of Channel Perturbation,  Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H43H-06

Shafroth, P.B., and House, P.K., 2007, Dynamics of Bottomland Geomorphology and Vegetation Along a Dammed, Arid Region River: Implications for Streamflow Management, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H44A-04.

Safran, E B., Anderson, S.W., Ely, L.L., House, P.K., O'Connor, J.E., Grant, G., Beebee, R.A., Fenton, C., and Brossy, C.C., 2006, Controls on large landslide distribution in the southeastern interior Columbia River basin, Title, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract  H53B-0623.

Beard, L.S., Felger, T.J., House, P.K., and Howard, K.A., in press, Transition from basins to through-flowing drainage of the Colorado River, Lower Lake Mead region, Nevada and Arizona. in Reheis, M.C., ed., Geologic and Biotic Perspectives on Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Conference Abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1404, p. 17. LINK TO PDF

House, P.K., 2005, Stratigraphic evidence for the inception and evolution of the lower Colorado River near the conjunction of AZ, CA, and NV. in Reheis, M.C., ed., Geologic and Biotic Perspectives on Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Conference Abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1404, p. 11. LINK TO PDF

Spencer, J.E., Pearthree, P.A., Patchett, J.P., and House, P.K., 2005, Evidence for a Lacustrine Origin for the lower Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley , in Reheis, M.C., ed., Geologic and Biotic Perspectives on Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Conference Abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1404, p. 14. LINK TO PDF

Bell, J.W., and House, P.K., 2005a, Pattern and rate of late Quaternary faulting along the Pyramid Lake fault zone, northern Walker Lane belt, based on deformation of Lake Lahontan chronostratigraphy: Seismological Research Letters, v. 76, n. 2, p. 245

Bell, J.W., and House, P.K., 2005b, Key tephrochronologic contributions to the late Cenozoic history of the western Basin and Range: Earthquakes, pluvial lakes, and the birth of a river, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, n. 7, p. 180.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Perkins , M.E. , 2005, Tephrochronologic and stratigraphic constraints on the inception and early evolution of the lower Colorado River support lacustrine overflow as the principal formative mechanism, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, n. 7, p. 110. Spencer, J.E., Pearthree, P.A., Patchett, J.P., and House, P.K., 2005, Some evidence for a lacustrine origin for the Lower Pliocene Bouse Formation, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, n. 7, p. 109.

Spencer, J.E., Pearthree, P.A., Patchett, J.P., and House, P.K., 2005 Evidence for a Lacustrine Origin for the lower Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley. To be presented: Workshop on Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Geologic and Biotic Perspectives, Zyzzyx, California, April 14, 2005. LINK TO PDF

House, P.K., 2005, Stratigraphic evidence for the inception and evolution of the lower Colorado River near the conjunction of AZ, CA, and NV. in Reheis, M.C., ed., Geologic and Biotic Perspectives on Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Conference Abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1404, p. 11. LINK TO PDF

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Faulds, J.E., and Bell, J.W., 2004 (invited), Alluvial and lacustrine stratigraphic evidence for the late Neogene inception and early evolution of the Lower Colorado River in the vicinity of Pyramid Canyon, Nevada / Arizona. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 550.

House, P.K., Bell, J.W., Ramelli, A.R., and Buck, B.J., 2004, The beauty in the overburden-Scientific insights gained from detailed mapping of late Cenozoic alluvial and lacustrine deposits in Nevada. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 583.

House, P.K., 2003, The Role of Extreme Flooding in the Inception of the Lower Colorado River and the Excavation of the Grand Canyon-Stratigraphic Insights from the Southern Tip of Nevada, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall mtg. suppl., Abstract H31C-0484.

Park, B.K., Buck, B.J., House, P.K., and Merkler, D.J., 2003, Geomorphic and pedologic mapping of Ivanpah Valley, Nevada for flood hazard analysis, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 72.

Enzel, Y., Redmond, K.R., House, P.K., and Biondi, F. (invited), 2002, Climate Variability and Flood Frequency at Decadal to Millennial Time Scales, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v., n. , p. .

Faulds, J.E., Gonzalez, L.A., Perkins, M.E., House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Castor, S.B., and Patchett, J.P., 2002, Late Miocene-early Pliocene transition from lacustrine to fluvial deposition: Inception of the Lower Colorado River in southern Nevada and northwest Arizona, Geological Society of American Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. A-60

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Bell, J.W., Ramelli, A.R., and Faulds, J.E., 2002, New stratigraphic evidence for the late Cenozoic inception and subsequent alluvial history of the Colorado River from near Laughlin, Nevada, Geological Society of American Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. A-60.

Cobourn, J., Lewis, S., and House, P.K., 2001, Citizens group works with geomorphologist to assess neighborhood flash flood hazards, Geological Society of American Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. A-23.

House, P.K., 2001 (invited), The value of geological information for realistically evaluating flood hazards on desert piedmonts: A case study from Laughlin, Nevada: Arid West Conference: The State of Floodplain Management in Arid Regions, February 21-23, Albuquerque, NM (invited)

Ely, L.L., and House, P.K., 2000, Holocene flood activity in different portions of the western U.S.: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. A-512.

House, P.K., 2000 (invited), Great opportunities for fluvial geomorphology in the Great Basin—the land where rivers go to die: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. A-503.

House, P.K., and Ramelli, A.R., 2000, Holocene paleohydrology and fluvial stratigraphy of the middle Humboldt River, Nevada: Implications for future hydrological changes and mine dewatering: in J.K. Cluer and 4 others, editors, Geology and Ore Deposits 2000—The Great Basin and Beyond, Symposium Proceedings, v. 2, p. B5.

House, P.K., Levish, D.R., O’Connell, D.R.H., and Denlinger, R.P., 2000, Comprehensive paleoflood hydrology of the Verde River, Arizona: Constraining the limits of extreme floods in the Holocene: in H.P. Finnsdóttir and E. Gudnadóttir, editors, Symposium Abstracts, The Extremes of the Extremes, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 17-19, 2000, p. 22.

Kellogg, M.J., and House, P.K., 2000, Paleoflood hydrology of the Carson River, Nevada and California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-509.

Pearthree, P.A., House, P.K., and Vincent, K.R., 2000, Insights into the character of flooding on alluvial fans from mapping and analysis of two modern floods in Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. A-508.

House, P.K., 1999 (invited), Lessons learned from paleoflood stratigraphy in the Verde River Basin, Arizona: in M.A. Hassan, editor, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Drainage Basin Dynamics and Morphology, May 22-29, 1999, Jerusalem, Israel, p. 27.

House, P.K., 1999, Mapping flood and debris flow hazards on alluvial fans in Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, n. 7, p. A-194.

House, P.K., 1999, Complexities of paleoflood stratigraphy on the Verde River, Arizona and the value of comprehensive paleoflood hydrology: in P.K. House, editor, Proceedings of the 2nd International Paleoflood Conference, September 26-29, Prescott, Arizona, p. 20.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Klawon, J.E., McDonald, E.V., and Levish, D.R., 1999, Holocene flood history of the lower Verde River, Arizona: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, April 17, 1999, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 35.

House, P.K., 1999, Using real information to evaluate the magnitude and frequency of flash floods in small desert watersheds: The Arid Regions Floodplain Management Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 1999.

Klawon, J.E., House, P.K., and Pearthree, P.A., 1999, Paleoflood reconstructions for the upper Verde River basin, Arizona: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, April 17, 1999, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 35.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Klawon, J.E., 1998, A multiscaled evaluation of the paleoflood hydrology and flood hydroclimatology of the Verde River Basin, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 6, p. 11.

House, P.K., 1994, (invited), Geological perspectives on extreme winter flooding in Arizona, 1993: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, n. 2, p. 60–61.

House, P.K., and Pearthree, P.A., 1994, Hydraulic and geomorphic re-evaluation of an extraordinary flood discharge estimate: Bronco Creek, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, n. 7, p. A-235.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Vincent, K.R., 1992, Geological insights into deficiencies in federal procedures for flood hazard assessment on alluvial fans: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A284.

House, P.K., Enzel, Y., Ely, L.L., and Baker, V.R., 1991, A natural upper bound to flood magnitudes in the lower Colorado River basin: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 72, no. 44, p. 189.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Vincent, K.R., 1991, Flow patterns, flow hydraulics and flood-hazard implications of a recent extreme alluvial-fan flood in southern Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 5, p. A121