Assessment of coarse sediment mobility in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison river, Colorado

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-160

  Dubinski, Ian M ^a   Wohl, Ellen ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel change; Colorado; Flow regulation; Sediment mobility

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; COLORADO; FLOW REGULATION; SEDIMENT MOBILITY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW RATE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEDROCK; BOTTOM STRESS; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESERVOIR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER; ROCK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK; COLORADO; GUNNISON RIVER; MONTROSE COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249867637     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0176-4     Document Type: Article

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