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A Century of Geomorphic Change of the San Rafael River and Implications for River Rehabilitation
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Century of Geomorphic Change of the San Rafael River and Implications for River Rehabilitation |
| Creator | Fortney, Stephen T. |
| Description | Suspended-load rivers are subject to rapid geomorphic changes. In particular during the Holocene Epoch, arroyos of the Colorado Plateau experienced several periods of rapid erosion and aggradation. The most recent period of entrenchment occurred around the turn of the 20th century. The mechanisms responsible for the modern period of aggradation that has followed the most recent period of entrenchment have not been well documented. The research presented in this thesis reveals the mechanisms... |
| Date | 2015-08-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4363 info:doi/10.26076/806f-8e97 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/etd/article/5395/viewcontent/A_Century_of_Geomorphic_Change_of_the_San_Rafael_River_and_Implic.pdf |
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| Source | All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023 |
| Publisher | DigitalCommons@USU |
| Subject | Geomorphic change san rafael river river rehabilitation Life Sciences |
