Time-lapse imagery of the breaching of Marmot Dam, Oregon, and subsequent erosion of sediment by the Sandy River, October 2007 to May 2008

Major, Jon J.; Spicer, Kurt R.; Collins, Rebecca A.

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In 2007, Marmot Dam on the Sandy River, Oregon, was removed and a temporary cofferdam standing in its place was breached, allowing the river to flow freely along its entire length. Time-lapse imagery obtained from a network of digital single-lens reflex cameras placed around the lower reach of the sediment-filled reservoir behind the dam details rapid erosion of sediment by the Sandy River after breaching of the cofferdam. Within hours of the breaching, the Sandy River eroded much of the nearly 15-m-thick frontal part of the sediment wedge impounded behind the former concrete dam; within 24-60 hours it eroded approximately 125,000 m3 of sediment impounded in the lower 300-meter-reach of the reservoir. The imagery shows that the sediment eroded initially through vertical incision, but that lateral erosion rapidly became an important process.

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99004

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Major, Jon J.; Spicer, Kurt R.; Collins, Rebecca A.

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Volcano Science Center, Cascades Volcano Observatory

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ENGLISH

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0455000

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0451000

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-1214000

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-1220000

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Text: iv, 5 p.; 10 movie files in .mov format

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Data Series

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521

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Time-lapse imagery of the breaching of Marmot Dam, Oregon, and subsequent erosion of sediment by the Sandy River, October 2007 to May 2008; 2010; DS; 521; Major, Jon J.; Spicer, Kurt R.; Collins, Rebecca A.