Influence of small dams on downstream channel characteristics in Pennsylvania and Maryland: Implications for the long-term geomorphic effects of dam removal

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-109

  Skalak, Katherine ^a   Pizzuto, James ^a   Hart, David D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Fluvial processes; Geomorphology; Hydraulic structures; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DAMS; EMBANKMENT DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS;

BED MATERIALS; DAM CONSTRUCTIONS; DAM REMOVALS; DOWNSTREAM CHANNELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FLUVIAL MORPHOLOGIES; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; GEOLOGIC CONTROLS; GEOMORPHIC EFFECTS; GRAIN DIAMETERS; GRAINED SEDIMENTS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LOW RATES; POTENTIAL CHANGES; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SIZE CLASS; SMALL DAMS; STREAMBED; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; SURVEY DATUM; WATER SURFACES;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

BEDROCK; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DAM REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PEBBLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM BED;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849095064     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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