Alluvial Bars of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee
Wolfe WJ, Fitch KC, Ladd DE. 2007. Alluvial Bars of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report. Scientific Investigations Map 2007-2972. National Park Service. U.S. Geological Survey
This report presents the results of the reconnaissance study of alluvial bars along the Obed River, Clear Creek, and Daddy's Creek in the Obed WSR. In 2004 the USGS and the NPS intiated a reconnaissance study of alluvial bars along the Obed WSR in Cumberland and Morgan counties. The study was driven by concern that trapping of sand by upstream impoundments might threaten rare, threatened and endangered plant habitat by reducing the supply of sediment to alluvial bars. The objectives were to 1) develop a preliminary understanding of the distribution, morphology, composition, stability, and vegetation structure of alluvial bars along the Obed WSR and 2) determine whether evidence of human alteration of sediment dynamics in the Obed WSR warrants further, more detailed examination.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wolfe, William; Fitch, K.; Ladd, D.
- Date of Issue
- 2007-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- OBRI
- Keywords
- Alluvial bars, Boulders, cobbles, gorge, Plants, Rare, Sediment, Threatened, Water
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Nutrient Dynamics | Nutrient Dynamics