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MODULE 1 - Watershed and Stream Basics

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key stream processes channel-forming discharges
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Hey, R.D. Stable River Morphology. Chapter 8 In: Applied Fluvial Geomorphology for River Engineering and Management. Thorne, C.R., Hey, R.D., and Newson, M.D., (eds.), Wiley, pp. 223-268.
 

Knighton, D., 1998. Fluvial Forms & Processes: A New Perspective. Arnold,  383 pp.

 

Kondolf, G.M., Lisle, T.E., and M.G. Wolman (2003) Bed Sediment Measurement. Chapter 13 in Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology, Kondolf, G.M., and Piegay, H. (editors), Wiley, pp. 347-396.

 

Montgomery, D.R. and J.M. Buffington (1998) Channel processes, classification and response. In: River Ecology and Management, R. J. Naiman and R. E. Bilby (editors). Springer, New York, pp. 13-42.

 

Rosgen, D.L. and H.L. Silvey (1996) Applied river morphology. Pagosa Springs, CO: Wildland Hy­drology Books.

 

Thorne, C.R. (1998) Stream Reconnaissance Handbook: Geomorphological Investigation and Analysis of River Channels, Wiley, 133pp.

 

Ward, A.D. and S.T. Trimble (2004) Environmental Hydrology 2nd Edition.  CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL.

 
 

USDA-NRCS Web Soil Survey http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/

 

Ground Water and Surface Water: A Single Resource by T.C. Winter, J.W. Harvey, O.L. Franke, and W.M. Alley http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1139/

 

University of Purdue Hymaps-OWL http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~watergen/

 

USGS Streamstats http://water.usgs.gov/osw/streamstats/

 

USGS Scientific Investigations Report
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5153/

 
USDA Forest Service
http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/publications/videos.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES  

Non-refereed Conference Proceedings Articles


Ward, A.D., Mecklenburg, D., Farver, D., Witter, J., and A. Jayakaran (2003) The Variable Nature of Channel- and Bank-Forming Discharges. ASAE Annual International Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 27-31.

Ward, A.D., Mecklenburg, D., Mathews, J. and D. Farver (2002) Sizing Stream Setbacks to Help Maintain Stream Stability. ASAE Paper 0222-39. ASAE Annual International Meeting / CIGR XVth World Congress, Chicago, Illinois, USA. July 28- 31

 

Refereed Journal Articles

Channel-forming processes

Emmett, W.W. and M.G. Wolman (2001) Effective discharge and gravel-bed rivers. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26, 1369–1380.

Johnson, P. A. and T.M. Heil (1996) Uncertainty in estimating bankfull conditions. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 32(6), 1283–1291.

Simon, A. (1989) The discharge of sediment in channelized alluvial streams. Water Resources Bulletin 25 (6), 1177–1188.

Wolman, M.G., and J.P. Miller (1960) Magnitude and frequency of forces in geomorphic processes. Journal of Geology, 68, 54–74.

 

Stream Classification

Junk, W.J., Bayley, P.B., and R.E. Sparks (1989) The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 106, 110–127.

Leopold, L.B., and M.G. Wolman (1957) River chan­nel patterns: Braided, meandering, and straight. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 282-B, 39–84.

Leopold, L.B., Wolman, M.G., and P. Miller (1964) Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology. W.H. Freeman and Company, 522 pp.

Montgomery, D.R. and J.M. Buffington (1997) Channel reach morphology in mountain drainage basins. Geological So­ciety American Bulletin, 109:1097-1105.

Nanson, G.C. and J.C. Croke (1992) A genetic classification of floodplains. Geomorphology, 4, 459-486.

Rosgen, D.L. (1994) A classification of natural riv­ers. Catena, 22, 169–199.

Simon, A. (1989) A model of channel response in disturbed alluvial channels. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 14, 11–26.

Schumm, S. (1977) The fluvial system. New York: J. Willey.

Strahler, A.N. (1952) Hypsometric (area-altitude) analysis of erosional topography. Geological So­ciety American Bulletin, 63, 1117–1142.

Vannote, R.L., Minshall, G.W., Cummins, K.W., Sedell, K.W. and C.E. Cushing (1980) The river continuum concept. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 37, 130–137.

Whiting, P.J. and J.B. Bradley (1993) A process-based classification system for headwater streams. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 18(77), 603–612.

Stream Measurements

Harrelson, C.C., Rawlins, C.L. and J.P. Potyondy (1994) Stream Channel Reference Sites: An illustrated guide to field technique. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-245. 61p. http://stream.fs.fed.us/publications/PDFs/RM245E.PDF

Wolman, M.G. (1954) A method of sampling coarse river bed material. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 35: 951-956.

 

 

 


MODULE 2 - Dynamic Equilibrium

 

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MODULE 3 - Stream Assessment

 
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