Tag Archives: snow

Flooding on the flanks of Mt. Hood

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

It’s the middle of January. You’ve traveled to Oregon’s majestic Mount Hood for a weekend of skiing the snow- and glacier-covered slopes. On Saturday morning when you begin to head up the mountain from Portland, it’s warm and raining. “No … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geomorphology, hydrology

Snow, water, digital imaging, metamorphism…and a guillotine!

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

When water infiltrates past the ground surface and begins to percolate through the soil’s unsaturated zone, it doesn’t move downward like an even sheet. Instead, fast fingers of water move downward along pores, roots and other places where flow is … Continue reading →