Reprint of: Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: River channel and floodplain geomorphic change

Geomorphology

Volumn 246, Issue , 2015, Pages 687-708

  East, Amy E ^a   Pess, George R ^b   Bountry, Jennifer A ^c   Magirl, Christopher S ^a   Ritchie, Andrew C ^d   Logan, Joshua B ^a   Randle, Timothy J ^c   Mastin, Mark C ^a   Minear, Justin T ^a   Duda, Jeffrey J ^e   Liermann, Martin C ^b   McHenry, Michael L ^f   Beechie, Timothy J ^b   Shafroth, Patrick B ^g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^d Olympic National Park   (United States)

^e WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f US Geological Survey California Water Science Center ^*  (United States)

^g FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel evolution; Dam removal; Dams; Floodplain; Fluvial geomorphology; Sediment wave

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM REMOVAL; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT WAVE;

ELWHA RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84939571696     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.04.027     Document Type: Article

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