Dr. P. Kyle House, Geologist
 
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Research

Yes, scientific research is of little true value to science until it is published or made widely available in some way. I do what I can to contribute to the scientific literature. My focus on mapping has tended to dilute my focus on writing papers as has my focus on life outside of research. There, I said it.

Recent Publications

Robins, C.R., Buck, B.J., Williams, A.J., Morton, J.L., House, P.K., Howell, M.S., and Yonovitz, M.L., 2008, Comparison of flood hazard assessments on desert piedmonts and playas: A case study in Ivanpah Valley,Nevada. Geomorphology, 103(4), 520-532.

Pearthree, P.A., Spencer, J.E., Faulds, J.E., and House, P.K., 2008, Comment on "Age and evolution of the Grand Canyon revealed by U-Pb dating of water table-type speleothems. Science, 321, 1634c.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Perkins, M.D., 2008, Stratigraphic evidence for the role of lake-spillover in the birth of the lower Colorado River in southern Nevada and western Arizona, in Reheis, M.C., Hershler, R., and Miller, D.M., eds., Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Geologic and Biologic Perspectives: Geological Society of America Special Paper 439, p. 333-351.

Spencer, J.E., Pearthree, P.A., and House, P.K., 2008,Some constraints on the evolution of the latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene Bouse lake system and initiation of the lower Colorado River, in Reheis, M.C., Hershler, R., and Miller, D.M., eds., Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Geologic and Biologic Perspectives: Geological Society of America Special Paper 439, p. .

Lundstrom, S.C., Mahan, S.A., Paces, J.B., Hudson, M.R., House, P.K., Malmon, D.V., Blair, J.L., and Howard, K.A., 2008, Late Pleistocene aggradation and degradation of the lower Colorado River: Perspectives from the Cottonwood area and other reconnaissance below Boulder Canyon, in Reheis, M.C., Hershler, R., and Miller, D.M., eds., Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Geologic and Biologic Perspectives: Geological Society of America Special Paper 439, p. 409-430.

Research Papers, Book Chapters, and Reports

Bell, J.W., and House, P.., 2007, Did plinian eruptions in California lead to debris flows in Nevada? An intriguing stratigraphic connection. Geology, v. 35, p. 219-222.

House, P.K., 2005, Using geology to improve floodplain management on alluvial fans: an example from Laughlin, Nevada. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 41, n. 6, p.1-17.
(Winner of American Water Resources Association Boggess Award for Outstanding Paper of the Year)


House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Howard, K.A., Bell, J.W., Perkins, M.E., Faulds, J.E., and Brock, A.L., 2005, Birth of the lower Colorado River: Stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence for its inception near the conjunction of Nevada, Arizona, and California, in Pederson, J., and Dehler, C.M., eds., Interior Western United States: Geological Society of America Field Guide 6, p. 357-387.



Pelletier, J., Pearthree, P.A., Mayer, L., House, P.K., Demsey, K., Klawon, J., and Vincent, K.R., 2005, An integrated approach to flood hazard assessment on alluvial fans using numerical modeling, field mapping, and remote sensing. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, p. 1167-1180.





House, P.K., Webb, R.H., Baker, V.R., and Levish, D.R., editors., 2002, Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology, Water Science and Application Vol. 5, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., 385 pp. link to AGU

Baker, V.R., Webb, R.H., and House, P.K., 2002, The scientific and societal value of paleoflood hydrology, in Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology, edited by P.K. House, R.H. Webb, V.R. Baker, and D.R. Levish, Water Science and Application Vol. 5, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., p. 1-20.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Klawon, J.E., 2002, Historical flood and paleoflood chronology of the lower Verde River, Arizona: Stratigraphic complexity and related uncertainties, in Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology, edited by P.K. House, R.H. Webb, V.R. Baker, and D.R. Levish, Water Science and Application Vol. 5, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., p. 267-294.

Denlinger, R.P., O’Connell, D.R.H., and House, P.K., 2002, Robust determination of stage and discharge: an example from an extreme flood on the Verde River, Arizona, in Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology, edited by P.K. House, R.H. Webb, V.R. Baker, and D.R. Levish, Water Science and Application Vol. 5, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., p. 127-146.

Redmond, K.T., Enzel, Y., House, P.K., and Biondi, F., 2002, Climate variability and flood frequency at decadal to millennial time scales, in Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology, edited by P.K. House, R.H. Webb, V.R. Baker, and D.R. Levish, Water Science and Application Vol. 5, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., p. 21-46.


Miller, J.R., House, P.K., Germanoski, D., Tausch, R.J., and Chambers, J.C., 2004, Fluvial geomorphic responses in Central Nevada to Holocene climatic disturbances, in Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems- Ecology, Management, and Restoration, edited by J.C. Chambers and J.R. Miller, Island Press, Washington D.C.





House, P.K., and Hirschboeck, K.K., 1997, Hydroclimatological and paleohydrological context of extreme winter flooding in Arizona, 1993: in Larson, R.A., and Slosson, J.E., eds., Storm-Induced Geologic Hazards: Case Histories from the 1992–1993 Winter in Southern California and Arizona: Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. 11, p. 1–24, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.


Enzel, Y., Ely, L.L, House, P.K., Baker, V.R., 1996, Magnitude and frequency of Holocene palaeofloods in the southwestern United States: in Branson, J., Brown, A.G., and Gregory, K.J., eds., Global Continental Changes: The Context of Palaeohydrology, the Geological Society of London Special Publication, no. 115, p. 121–137.

House, P.K., 1999, Using real information to evaluate the magnitude and frequency of flash floods in small desert watersheds: in M. Teal, editor, Proceedings of the Arid Regions Floodplain Management Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 20–21, p. 121–130.

House, P.K., editor, 1999, Proceedings of the 2nd International Paleoflood Conference, September 26-29, Prescott, Arizona, 51 pp.

House, P.K., Klawon, J.E., and Pearthree, P.A., 1999, Field Trip Guide to Paleoflood Study Sites on Rivers and Alluvial Fans in Central and Western Arizona: in P.K. House, editor, Proceedings of the 2nd International Paleoflood Conference, September 29-October 2, Prescott, Arizona, 98 pp.

House,P.K., and Pearthree, P.A., 1995, A geomorphologic and hydrologic evaluation of an extraordinary flood discharge estimate: Bronco Creek, Arizona: Water Resources Research, v. 31, no. 12, p. 3059–3073.
 
Martinez-Goytre, J., House, P.K., and Baker, V.R., 1994, Spatial variability of small-basin paleoflood magnitudes for a southeastern Arizona mountain range: Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 5, p.1491–1501.

Enzel,Y., Ely, L.L, House, P.K., Baker, V.R., and Webb, R.H., 1993, Paleoflood evidence for a natural upper bound to flood magnitudes in the Colorado River Basin: Water Resources Research, v. 29, p. 2287–2297.

Baker, V.R., Demsey, K.A., Ely, L.L., Fuller, J.E., House, P.K., O’Connor, J.E., Onken, J.A., Pearthree, P.A., and Vincent, K.R., 1990, Application of geologic information to Arizona flood hazard assessment, in R.H. French, editor, Hydraulics/Hydrology of Arid Lands: Proceedings of the International Conference, Hydraulics Division, ASCE, New York, p. 621–626.

Klawon, J.E., House, P.K., and Pearthree, P.A., 1999, 20th century channel change and related flood hazards near Casa Grande, Arizona: in M. Teal, editor, Proceedings of the Arid Regions Floodplain Management Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 20–21, p. 92–102.

Pearthree, P.A., House, P.K., and Vincent, K.R., 1999, Geomorphologic assessment of alluvial fan flood hazards in central and southern Arizona: Proceedings of the Arid Regions Floodplain Management Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 20–21, p. 82–91.

Ely, L.L., Hereford, R., House, P.K., and Baker, V.R., 1996, Effects of paleohydrology and climate change on bedrock and alluvial channels, southern Colorado plateau: Field trip guidebook, American Quaternary Association, 14th Biennial Meeting, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 31 p.

Enzel, Y., Ely, L.L, House, P.K., Baker, V.R., Duckstein, L., and Weber, J., 1991, The contribution of long-term records of hydrologic extremes to risk analysis: in Proceedings of NATO Advance Science Institute, Risk and Reliability in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Porto Carras, Greece, May, 1991.

Other Articles, Reports, and Guidebooks


House, P.K., Buck, B.J., and Ramelli, A.R., 2006, Geologic assessment of piedmont and playa flood hazards in the Ivanpah Valley Area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Draft Report. Submitted to the Clark County Regional Flood Control District, August 29, 2006, 67 p.

House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., Crouse, E.C., Arritt, C.M., and Buck, B.J., 2006, Digital data for the surficial geologic map and geologic assessment of piedmont and playa flood hazards in the Ivanpah Valley area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology draft data DVD. Submitted to the Clark County Regional Flood Control District, August 29, 2006, 1 DVD.

House, P.K., Shafroth, P.B., and Beauchamp, V.B, 2006, Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology, in Shafroth, P.B., and Beauchamp, V.B., editors, 2006, Defining ecosystem flow requirements for the Bill Williams River, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2006-1314, p. 9-30.

Vincent, K.R., Pearthree, P.A., House, P.K., and Demsey, K.A., 2004, Inundation mapping and hydraulic reconstructions of an extreme alluvial fan flood, Wild Burro Wash, Pima County, Southern Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 04-04, 51 p., 2 maps and GIS data on CD, map scales 1:15,000 and 1:6,000.

House, P.K., 2002, Reconnaissance study of the Eldorado Canyon, Nevada flood of September 14, 1974, Project Final Report Submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, June 2002, 16 p.

House, P.K., 2001, Late Holocene paleoflood hydrology of Mormon Wells Wash, Desert National Wildlife Range, Nevada, Report prepared for the Clark County Regional Flood Control Dist., 16 p.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Klawon, J.E., 2001, Paleoflood history of the lower Verde River, Yavapai County, Central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-file report 01-04, 34 p.

Faulds, J.E., and House, P.K., Geology of the Laughlin area, Clark County, Nevada: in Faulds, J.E., House, P.K., Shevenell, L., and Ramelli, A.R., 2000, Geology and natural hazard assessment of the Laughlin area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 2000-6, p. 1.1–1.56.

House, P.K., 2000, Geologic evaluation of alluvial fan and related flood hazards in the vicinity of Laughlin, Nevada: in Faulds, J.E., House, P.K., Shevenell, L., and Ramelli, A.R., 2000, Geology and natural hazard assessment of the Laughlin area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 2000-6, p. 2.1–2.42

Buck, P.E., and House, P.K., 2000, Geoarcheological evaluation of alluvial terrace archeology in Parunuweap Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah: Report to the National Park Service under Zion Cooperative Agreement CA-1590-9-001, 23 p.

Faulds, J.E., House, P.K., Shevenell, L., and Ramelli, A.R., 2000, Geology and natural hazard assessment of the Laughlin area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 2000-6, 151 p.

Doelle, W.H., Berry, M., Blum, M., Cole, D., Collins, J., Druss, M., House, P.K., King, T.F., Nickens, P.R., Pederson, J., Tipps, B.L., Trimble, M., Tsosie, R., and Watkins, J., 2000, Cultural resource program assessment: Protocol evaluation panel report submitted to the Grand Canyon monitoring and research center, Flagstaff, Arizona, 53 p.

House, P.K., 2000, Surficial geologic mapping of the east fork of the Virgin River in Parunuweap Canyon: in Buck, P.E., and House, P.K., Geoarcheological evaluation of alluvial terrace archeology in Parunuweap Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah: Report to the National Park Service under Zion Cooperative Agreement CA-1590-9-001, p. 4–13.

House, P.K., Wood, M.L, and Pearthree, P.A., 1999, Historical geomorphology and hydrology of the Bill Williams River, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-4, 37 p. text, 4 appendices, 21 figures, 4 tables and 1 plate.

Wood, M.L., House, P.K., and Pearthree, P.A., 1999, Historical geomorphology and hydrology of the Santa Cruz River, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-13; 37 p. text, 4 appendices, 21 figures, 4 tables and 1 plate.

House, P.K., 1997, An unconventional, multidisciplinary approach to evaluating the magnitude and frequency of flash floods in small desert watersheds: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-9, 61 p.

Fuller, J.E., House, P.K., and Pearthree, P.A., 1996, An assessment of the paleoflood hydrology methodology: Analysis of the 1993 flood on Tonto Creek, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-12, 18 p.

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., and Fuller, J.E., 1995, Hydrological and paleohydrological assessment of the 1993 floods on the Verde River, central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-20, 37 p.

Pearthree, P.A., Demsey, K.A., Onken, J.A., Vincent, K.R., and House, P.K., 1992, Geomorphic assessment of flood-prone areas on the southern piedmont of the Tortolita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-11, 31 p.

House, P.K., 1991, Paleoflood hydrology of the principal canyons of the southern Tortolita Mountains, southeastern Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-6, 23 p.