Preliminary assessment of channel stability and bed-material transport in the Coquille River basin, southwestern Oregon

Krista L. Jones; Jim E. O'Connor; Mackenzie K. Keith; Joseph F. Mangano; J. Rose Wallick

Preliminary assessment of channel stability and bed-material transport in the Coquille River basin, southwestern Oregon

Open-File Report 2012-1064

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Department of State Lands

By:: Krista L. Jones, Jim E. O'Connor, Mackenzie K. Keith, Joseph F. Mangano, and J. Rose Wallick

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Abstract

This report summarizes a preliminary study of bed-material transport, vertical and lateral channel changes, and existing datasets for the Coquille River basin, which encompasses 2,745 km^{2^{(square kilometers) of the southwestern Oregon coast. This study, conducted to inform permitting decisions regarding instream gravel mining, revealed that:}}

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Publication type:: Report
Publication Subtype:: USGS Numbered Series
Title:: Preliminary assessment of channel stability and bed-material transport in the Coquille River basin, southwestern Oregon
Series title:: Open-File Report
Series number:: 2012-1064
Year Published:: 2012
Language:: English
Publisher:: U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location:: Reston, VA
Contributing office(s):: Oregon Water Science Center
Description:: vii, 84 p.
First page:: i
Last page:: 84
Country:: United States
State:: Oregon
Other Geospatial:: Coquille River Basin
Additional Online Files (Y/N):: N