Importance of Hydrology on Channel Evolution Following Dam Removal: Case Study and Conceptual Model

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 377-390

  Cannatelli, Kristen M ^a   Curran, Joanna Crowe ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel evolution; Conceptual model; Dam removal; River restoration

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL EVOLUTION; CHANNEL EVOLUTION MODEL; CHANNEL FORM; CHANNEL FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CROSS-SECTION SURVEYS; DAM REMOVAL; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; DOMINANT FACTOR; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; EAST COAST; EVOLUTION PROCESS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FIRST YEAR; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; ILLINOIS; MINIMUM TIME; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; NEW HAMPSHIRE; RIVER RESTORATION; SEDIMENT SIZE; STUDY AREAS; TIME FRAME; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; VIRGINIA; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DAMS; DEGRADATION; HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DAM REMOVAL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGY; MODELING; MORPHOMETRY; RESERVOIR; RIVER SYSTEM;

ILLINOIS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84860895722     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000526     Document Type: Article

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