Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: Coastal geomorphic change

Geomorphology

Volumn 246, Issue , 2015, Pages 649-668

  Gelfenbaum, Guy ^a   Stevens, Andrew W ^a   Miller, Ian ^b   Warrick, Jonathan A ^a   Ogston, Andrea S ^c   Eidam, Emily ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Olympic Peninsula Field Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal change; Dam removal; Delft3D model; Delta; Elwha River; Sediment dispersal

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DAM REMOVAL; DELTA; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ELWHA DAM; ELWHA RIVER; GLINES CANYON DAM; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84929650929     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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