Upstream channel changes following dam construction and removal using a GIS/remote sensing approach

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 683-697

  Evans, James E ^a   Huxley, Jennifer M ^b   Vincent, Robert K ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam removals; Effects of dams; Fluvial geomorphology; GIS remote sensing; Sediment waves

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS;

DAM REMOVALS; EFFECTS OF DAMS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT WAVES;

DAMS;

DAMS; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS;

CHANNEL CHANGE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DAM REMOVAL; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT WAVE;

HURON RIVER; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347385851     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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