Historical channel changes in the lower Yuba and Feather Rivers, California: Long-term effects of contrasting river-management strategies

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 451, Issue , 2009, Pages 57-61

  James, L Allan ^a   Singer, Michael B ^b,c   Ghoshal, Subhajit ^a   Megison, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); EMBANKMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LEVEES; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; RIVER CONTROL; SEDIMENTS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; BILLION CUBIC METERS; CHANNEL AVULSIONS; HISTORICAL ACCOUNT; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); LONG-TERM EFFECTS; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AGGRADATION; AVULSION; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LEVEE; LIDAR; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CALIFORNIA; FEATHER RIVER; UNITED STATES; YUBA RIVER;

EID: 74949089080     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2451(04)     Document Type: Article

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