Downstream effects of diversion dams on sediment and hydraulic conditions of Rocky Mountain streams

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-401

  Baker, D W ^a   Bledsoe, B P ^a   Albano, C M ^b,c   Poff, N L ^c  

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

^b Grand Canyon Trust   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dam; Field methods; Fine sediment; Flow diversion; Habitat degradation; Hydraulic alteration; Stream management

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DAM; DEPOSITION; FLOW FIELD; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 79952297694     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1376     Document Type: Article

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