Ecogeomorphic feedbacks in regrowth of travertine step-pool morphology after dam decommissioning, Fossil Creek, Arizona

Geomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 314-332

  Fuller, Brian M ^a   Sklar, Leonard S ^a   Compson, Zacchaeus G ^b   Adams, Kenneth J ^b   Marks, Jane C ^b   Wilcox, Andrew C ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquatic ecosystems; Erosion; River restoration; Step pools; Travertine

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DECOMMISSIONING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MORPHODYNAMICS; REGROWTH; TRAVERTINE;

ARIZONA; FOSSIL CREEK; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 79551710109     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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