Assessment of methods for measuring embeddedness: Application to sedimentation in flow regulated streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1671-1682

  Sennatt, Kelly M ^a   Salant, Nira L ^b   Renshaw, Carl E ^a   Magilligan, Francis J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dams; Deposition; Flow regulation; Fluvial processes; Sediment transport; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

DAMS; DEPOSITION; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM FLOW;

COARSE SUBSTRATES; FLOW REGULATION; FLUVIAL PROCESSES;

HYDROLOGY;

DAMS; DEPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM FLOW;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STREAMFLOW;

ARKANSAS; CONNECTICUT RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OMPOMPANOOSUC RIVER; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; WHITE RIVER [ARKANSAS];

EID: 33748412984     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb06028.x     Document Type: Article

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