Rapid reservoir erosion, hyperconcentrated flow, and downstream deposition triggered by breaching of 38 m tall Condit Dam, White Salmon River, Washington

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1376-1394

  Wilcox, Andrew C ^a   O'Connor, Jim E ^b   Major, Jon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dam removal; hyperconcentrated flow; landslide; reservoir erosion; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

DAM REMOVAL; DEPOSITION; EROSION; LANDSLIDE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTY CLAY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CONDIT DAM; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84904707661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF003073     Document Type: Article

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