Management and restoration of fluvial systems with broad historical changes and human impacts / edited by L. Allan James, Sara L. Rathburn, G. Richard Whittecar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, L. Allan.

Rathburn, Sara L., 1962-

Whittecar, George Richard, 1952-

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 451.

Special paper ; 451

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

River engineering--United States--History.

River engineering.

Soil erosion--United States--History.

Soil erosion.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States--History.

Nature.

Rivers--Regulation--Environmental aspects--United States--History.

Rivers.

Fluvial geomorphology--United States--History.

Fluvial geomorphology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Rivers--Regulation--Environmental aspects.

History.

Rivers--Regulation.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2009.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

text file

Contents:

Sediment regime constraints on river restoration : an example from the Lower Missouri River / Robert B. Jacobson, Dale W. Blevins, and Chance J. Bitner

Channel, floodplain, and wetland responses to floods and overbank sedimentation, 1846-2006, Halfway Creek Marsh, Upper Mississippi Valley, Wisconsin / Faith A. Fitzpatrick, James C. Knox, and Joseph P. Schubauer-Berigan

Persistence of effects of high sediment loading in a salmon-bearing river, northern California / Mary Ann Madej and Vicki Ozaki

Historical channel changes in the lower Yuba and Feather Rivers, California : long-term effects of contrasting river-management strategies / L. Allan James [and others]

Channel adjustments in northern and central Italy over the last 200 years / Nicola Surian [and others]

Bank erosion along the dam-regulated lower Roanoke River, North Carolina / Cliff R. Hupp [and others]

Planform change and stream power in the Kishwaukee River watershed, Illinois : geomorphic assessment for environmental management / Inci Güneralp and Bruce L. Rhoads

Geomorphic evolution of the Le Sueur River, Minnesota, USA, and implications for current sediment loading / Karen B. Gran [and others]

Vanishing riverscapes : a review of historical channel change on the western Great Plains / Ellen Wohl, Dena Egenhoff, and Kelly Larkin

Characterizing environmental flows for maintenance of river ecosystems : North Fork Cache la Poudre River, Colorado / Sara L. Rathburn [and others]

Testing the linear relationship between peak annual river discharge and drainage area using long-term USGS river gauging records / Joshua C. Galster

Geomorphic changes resulting from floods in reconfigured gravel-bed river channels in Colorado, USA / John G. Elliott and Joseph P. Capesius

Assessing geomorphological and ecological responses in restored step-pool systems / Anne Chin [and others]

River restoration strategies in channelized, low-gradient landscapes of West Tennessee, USA / Douglas P. Smith [and others].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Management and restoration of fluvial systems with broad historical changes and human impacts.

OCLC:

989736875

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Restricted for use by site license.