| Abstract: | A flood-control dam was completed during 1979 on Bear Creek, a small tributary stream to the South Platte River in the Denver, Colorado, area. Before and after dam closure, repetitive surveys between 1977 and 1992 at five cross sections downstream of the dam documented changes in channel morphology. During this 15-year period, channel width increased slightly, but channel depth increased by more than 40 percent. Within the study reach, stream gradient decreased and median bed material sizes coarsened from sand in the pools and fine gravel on the riffle to a median coarse gravel throughout the reach. The most striking visual change was from a sparse growth of streamside grasses to a dense growth of riparian woody vegetation. |
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| ProdID: | 70020478 |
| Citation Author: | Hadley, R. F.; Emmett, W. W. |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Channel changes downstream from a dam; 1998; Article; Journal; Journal of the American Water Resources Association; Hadley, R. F.; Emmett, W. W. |
| Citation Start Page: | 629 |
| Citation Volume: | 34 |
| Citation Year: | 1998 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Channel changes downstream from a dam; 1998; Article; Journal; Journal of the American Water Resources Association; Hadley, R. F.; Emmett, W. W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | American Water Resources Assoc |
