Channel narrowing by vertical accretion along the Green River near Green River, Utah

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1757-1772

  Allred, Tyler M ^a,b   Schmidt, John C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; COARSENING; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GAGING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ANALYTICAL STRATEGY; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; EFFECTIVE DISCHARGE; MEASUREMENT SITES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLIFT;

GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 0033508605     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1757:CNBVAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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