Sediment Transport and Channel Changes in an Aggrading Stream In the Puget Lowland, Washington
Madej M. 1982. Sediment Transport and Channel Changes in an Aggrading Stream In the Puget Lowland, Washington. Sediment Budgets and Routing in Forested Drainage Basins. :97-108
Abstract: "Recent land-use changes increased sediment yield in a fourth-order stream in western Washington from 22 t/km^2 per year to 185 t/km^2 per year. In-response, channel width.Increased and depth decreased, but channel gradient and mean flow velocity remained about constant. As a result of channel changes, sediment transport rates increased from 500 t/year to 4200.t/year. Active sediment constitutes 5 percent of stored sediment, and much sediment will be flushed from the system in about 20 to 40 years."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Madej, Mary Ann
- Units
- REDW
- Keywords
- aggradation, drainage basin, Puget Lowland, sediment load, sedimentation, stream channel, stream movement, Washington