Downstream effects of impounding a natural lake: The Snake River downstream from Jackson Lake Dam, Wyoming, USA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1421-1434

  Erwin, Susannah O ^a   Schmidt, John C ^a   Nelson, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed mobility; Dam; Gravel transport; Regulated river; Snake River

Indexed keywords

BED MATERIALS; BED MOBILITY; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS; JACKSON; MASS BALANCE; MODEL SEDIMENTS; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; PEAK FLOWS; REGULATED RIVER; RIVER REGULATION; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SNAKE RIVER; SPRING FLOODS; STUDY AREAS; TRANSPORT DATA; TRANSPORT RELATIONS; WYOMING ,USA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DAMS; LAKES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

FLOOD; IMPOUNDMENT; MASS BALANCE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRIBUTARY;

JACKSON; JACKSON LAKE DAM; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84860388879     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2159     Document Type: Article

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