Sediment dynamics upon dam removal /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Knovel (Firm), Environmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.). Task Committee on Sediment Dynamics Post-Dam Removal
Other Authors:	Papanicolaou, Athanasios, Barkdoll, Brian D.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2011]
Series:	ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 122.
Subjects:	Sediment transport. Dam retirement > Environmental aspects. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Hydraulics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PART I: SUMMARY AND REVIEW""; ""1 SEDIMENT DYNAMICS POST-DAM REMOVAL: STATE OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE""; ""1.1 Problem Statement""; ""1.2 The Future of Dam Removal""; ""1.3 Scope""; ""1.4 Key Dam Removal Sediment Issues Addressed in the Manual""; ""1.5 Bureau of Reclamation Experiences""; ""1.6 Computer Model Verification and Field Tests""; ""1.7 Current and Ongoing Research""; ""References""; ""2 SUMMARY AND SYNTHESIS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON STORED SEDIMENT RESPONSE TO DAM REMOVAL""; ""2.1 Introduction""
""2.2 Dam Removal Experiments at St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota""""2.3 Discussion""; ""2.4 Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""PART II: FIELD STUDIES""; ""3 STREAM ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE TO SMALL DAM REMOVALS""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Dams and Geomorphology""; ""3.3 Ecological Response to Dam Removal""; ""3.4 Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""4 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION CASE STUDIES OF DAM REMOVAL""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Case Studies""; ""4.3 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""5 CHANNEL EVOLUTION UPSTREAM OF DAM REMOVAL SITES""; ""5.1 Introduction""
""5.2 Background""""5.3 Methods""; ""5.4 Dam Removal Analogies""; ""5.5 Channel Incision and Evolution Models""; ""5.6 Results: The Channel Evolution Model Upstream of Dams (Cemud)""; ""5.7 Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""6 THE GEOMORPHIC EFFECTS OF EXISTING DAMS AND HISTORIC DAM REMOVALS IN THE U.S. MID-ATLANTIC REGION""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 The Transient Effects of Dam Removal: Manatawny Dam Removal""; ""6.3 Estimating Time Scales of Channel Recovery from Historic Dam Removals""; ""6.4 Long-Term Effects of Dam Removal: Studies in Pennsylvania and Maryland""