Channel adjustments following two dam removals in Wisconsin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Doyle, Martin W ^a   Stanley, Emily H ^b   Harbor, Jon M ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel evolution model; Dam removal; Dams

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DEPOSITION; EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

CHANNEL ADJUSTMENTS;

DAMS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DAM; DEMOLITION; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM; DEMOLITION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BARABOO RIVER; KOSHKONONG RIVER; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 17644437263     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001714     Document Type: Article

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