Dams in the Cadillac Desert: downstream effects in a geomorphic context

JL Sabo, K Bestgen, W Graf, T Sinha… - Annals of the New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper was motivated by the 25th anniversary of the publication of Marc Reisner's book,
Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water. Dams are ubiquitous on …

Variability in eddy sandbar dynamics during two decades of controlled flooding of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

ER Mueller, PE Grams, JE Hazel Jr, JC Schmidt - Sedimentary Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Sandbars are iconic features of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
Following completion of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963, sediment deficit conditions caused …

Channel response to sediment release: Insights from a paired analysis of dam removal

MJ Collins, NP Snyder, G Boardman… - Earth Surface …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Dam removals with unmanaged sediment releases are good opportunities to learn about
channel response to abruptly increased bed material supply. Understanding these events is …

Morphodynamics of a 1000‐year flood in the Kamp River, Austria, and impacts on floodplain morphology

C Hauer, H Habersack - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the impact of a 1000‐year flood in August 2002 on floodplains and
valley morphology of an Austrian mixed alluvial bed rock river. Discharges with a recurrence …

Geologic versus wildfire controls on hillslope processes and debris flow initiation in the Green River canyons of Dinosaur National Monument

IJ Larsen, JL Pederson, JC Schmidt - Geomorphology, 2006 - Elsevier
As in many areas of high relief, debris flows are an important process linkage between
hillslopes and the Green River in the canyons of the eastern Uinta Mountains, yet the …

Influence of coarse lag formation on the mechanics of sediment pulse dispersion in a mountain stream, Squire Creek, North Cascades, Washington, United States

CJ Brummer, DR Montgomery - Water Resources Research, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain channels closely coupled to landslide‐prone hillslopes often exhibit bed surface
grain sizes coarser than transportable by annual high flows. Coarse particles within poorly …

Water velocity and the nature of critical flow in large rapids on the Colorado River, Utah

CS Magirl, JW Gartner, GM Smart… - Water Resources …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Rapids are an integral part of bedrock‐controlled rivers, influencing aquatic ecology,
geomorphology, and recreational value. Flow measurements in rapids and high‐gradient …

Wildfire, extreme precipitation and debris flows, oh my! Channel response to compounding disturbances in a mountain stream in the Upper Colorado Basin, USA

P Ridgway, B Lane, H Canham… - Earth Surface …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Compounding changes in climate and human activities stand to increase sediment input to
rivers in many landscapes, including via discrete perturbations such as post‐fire debris …

Hydrologic modeling of flood conveyance and impacts of historic overbank sedimentation on West Fork Black's Fork, Uinta Mountains, northeastern Utah, USA

EC Carson - Geomorphology, 2006 - Elsevier
This study assesses historic overbank alluvial sedimentation along a low-gradient reach of
West Fork Black's Fork in the northern Uinta Mountains, Utah. In this previously glaciated …

Debris flow deposition and reworking by the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona

BJ Yanites, RH Webb, PG Griffiths… - Water resources …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Flow regulation by large dams affects downstream flow competence and channel
maintenance. Debris flows from 740 tributaries in Grand Canyon, Arizona, transport coarse …