Spatial and temporal patterns in channel change on the Snake River downstream from Jackson Lake dam, Wyoming

Geomorphology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-142

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

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inter Fluve Incorporated   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed mobility; Braided river; Channel change; Dam; Regulated river; Snake River

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RIVER EVOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84884977335     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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