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Channel Narrowing of the Green River near Green River, Utah: History, Rates, and Processes of Narrowing

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Title Channel Narrowing of the Green River near Green River, Utah: History, Rates, and Processes of Narrowing
Creator Allread, Tyler M.
Description Previous scientific research has documented channel narrowing on the Green River near Green River, Utah, but the exact timing, rates, and causal mechanisms of that narrowing have been the source of disagreement in the scientific literature. This thesis demonstrates that the Green River has narrowed in two separate periods during the last 100 years. The narrowing is driven primarily by changes in the hydrologic regime and not by the invasion of saltcedar. The channel narrowed between 1930 and...
Date 1997-05-01T07:00:00Z
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Identifier https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6525 info:doi/10.26076/8ea7-78f4 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/etd/article/7604/viewcontent/1997_Allred_Tyler.pdf
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Source All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Publisher DigitalCommons@USU
Subject channel narrowing narrowing history narrowing rates narrowing processes Green River Earth Sciences Environmental Sciences Water Resource Management

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