| Abstract: | Channel morphodynamics in response to flow modifications from Gavins Point Dam are examined in four reaches of the Lower Missouri River. Measures include changes in channel morphology and indicators of sediment transport in four 6 kilometer long reaches located downstream from Gavins Point Dam, near Yankton, South Dakota, Kenslers Bend, Nebraska, Little Sioux, Iowa, and Miami, Missouri. Each of the four reaches was divided into 300 transects with a 20-meter spacing and surveyed during the summer in 2006 and 2007. A subset of 30 transects was randomly selected and surveyed 7-10 times in 2006-07 over a wide range of discharges including managed and natural flow events. Hydroacoustic mapping used a survey-grade echosounder and a Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System to evaluate channel change. Acoustic Doppler current profiler measurements were used to evaluate bed-sediment velocity. Results indicate varying amounts of deposition, erosion, net change, and sediment transport in the four Lower Missouri River reaches. The Yankton reach was the most stable over monthly and annual time-frames. The Kenslers Bend and Little Sioux reaches exhibited substantial amounts of deposition and erosion, although net change was generally low in both reaches. Total, or gross geomorphic change was greatest in the Kenslers Bend reach. The Miami reach exhibited varying rates of deposition and erosion, and low net change. The Yankton, Kenslers Bend, and Miami reaches experienced net erosion during the time period that bracketed the managed May 2006 spring rise event from Gavins Point Dam. |
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| ProdID: | 97620 |
| Citation Author: | Elliott, Caroline M.; Reuter, Joanna M.; Jacobson, Robert B. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Columbia Environmental Research Center |
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| Citation LatN: | 0440000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 259 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared for the Missouri River Recovery-Integrated Science Program U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Yankton, South Dakota |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | SIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2009-5074 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Channel Morphodynamics in Four Reaches of the Lower Missouri River, 2006-07; 2009; SIR; 2009-5074; Elliott, Caroline M.; Reuter, Joanna M.; Jacobson, Robert B. |
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| Citation Year: | 2009 |
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| Text: | Channel Morphodynamics in Four Reaches of the Lower Missouri River, 2006-07; 2009; SIR; 2009-5074; Elliott, Caroline M.; Reuter, Joanna M.; Jacobson, Robert B. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/sir_2009_5074.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5074/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
