Legacy effects of colonial millponds on floodplain sedimentation, bank erosion, and channel morphology, MID-Atlantic, USA

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 597-606

  Schenk, Edward R ^a   Hupp, Cliff R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Fluvial processes; Geomorphology; Rivers streams; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VOLUMES; BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED; DAM REMOVAL; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY; PENNSYLVANIA; RIVERS/STREAMS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT IMPACT; SEDIMENT LOSS; UPSTREAM SITES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BUDGET CONTROL; DAMS; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; LITTLE CONESTOGA CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149122898     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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