| Abstract: | A release from Glen Canyon Dam during March-April 1996 was designed to test the
effectiveness with which the riparian environment could be renewed with discharges greatly in excess of the normal powerplant-restricted maximum. Of primary concern was the rebuilding of sand deposits along the channel sides that are important to the flora and fauna along the river corridor and that provide the only camp sites for riverside visitors to the Grand Canyon National
Park. Analysis of the depositional processes with a model of flow, sand transport, and bed evolution shows that the sand deposits formed along the channel sides early during the high flow were affected only slightly by the decline in suspended-sand concentrations over the course of the controlled flood. Modeling results suggest that the removal of a large sand deposit over
several hours was not a response to declining suspended-sand concentrations. Comparisons of the controlled-flood deposits with deposits formed during a flood in January 1993 on the Little Colorado River that contributed sufficient sand to raise the suspended-sand concentrations to predam levels in the main stem show that the depositional pattern as well as the magnitude is strongly influenced by the suspended-sand concentrations. |
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| ProdID: | 30481 |
| Citation Author: | Wiele, S. M. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Southwest Biological Research Center |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 15 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;Information Services [distributor], |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 97-4168 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Modeling of flood-deposited sand distributions in a reach of the Colorado River below the Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona; 1998; WRI; 97-4168; Wiele, S. M. |
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| Text: | Modeling of flood-deposited sand distributions in a reach of the Colorado River below the Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona; 1998; WRI; 97-4168; Wiele, S. M. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1997/4168/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1997/4168/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jul 1998 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;Information Services [distributor], |
