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Discharge-Suspended Sediment Relations: Near-Channel Environment Controls Shape And Steepness, Land Use Controls Median And Low Flow Conditions, Angus A. Vaughan
Discharge-Suspended Sediment Relations: Near-Channel Environment Controls Shape And Steepness, Land Use Controls Median And Low Flow Conditions, Angus A. Vaughan
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Erosion, transport and deposition of fine sediment (clay, silt and fine sand) influence the form and function of river systems. Excess suspended sediment degrades stream ecosystems and is implicated as a leading cause of water quality and aquatic life impairment. Therefore, understanding the factors that control fine sediment transport patterns is an interesting topic for basic science and one that has important management and policy implications.
In this study, we sought to understand how attributes of the landscape and channel network might control the shape, steepness and vertical offset of the relationship between river discharge and suspended sediment. Watershed and …