Adjustment of stream channel capacity following dam closure, Yegua Creek, Texas

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1521-1531

  Chin, Anne ^a   Harris, Daniel L ^a   Trice, Todd H ^a   Given, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow regulation; Fluvial geomorphology; Impact of dams; Stream channel adjustment; Surface water hydrology; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

STREAM CHANNEL CAPACITY;

DAMS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

CHANNEL FLOW; DAM REMOVAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM CHANNEL; WATERSHED;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES; YEGUA CREEK;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0036986366     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2002.tb04362.x     Document Type: Article

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