TitleChannel change and bed-material transport in the Umpqua River Basin, Oregon
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsWallick, Rose J., Jim E. O'Connor, Scott W. Anderson, Mackenzie Keith, Charles Cannon, and John C. Risley
Secondary TitleScientific Investigations Report
Volumeno. 2011-5041
Pagination112 p.
InstitutionU.S. Geological Survey
CityReston, Va.
Call NumberDigital Open Access
Keywordsflooding, geology, history, human impacts, hydrology, logging, mining, sediment data, sediments, Umpqua River Basin
NotesConcerns about gravel mining led to this examination of channel change and transport of streambed material. Mapped channels and estimated fluctuations in bed-materials. Maps, color photographs. Contrasts historical maps with aerial photographs to show a series of changes in channel gravel bars over time.
URLhttps://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5041/pdf/sir20115041.pdf