The impacts of ski slope development on stream channel morphology in the White River National Forest, Colorado, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-388

  David, Gabrielle C L ^a   Bledsoe, Brian P ^b   Merritt, David M ^a,c   Wohl, Ellen ^a  

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

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Channel change; Colorado; Commercial ski resorts; Mountain streams; Pool volume

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STREAMFLOW;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 56249147768     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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