EP32A:
Advances in Research on Fluvial Sediment Regimes: Processes and Management II

Session ID#: 4347

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
2005 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Andrew C Wilcox, University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States, Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States and G Mathias Kondolf, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Convener:  Andrew C Wilcox, University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States
Co-conveners:  Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States and G Mathias Kondolf, University of California Berkeley, Center for Environmental Design Research, Berkeley, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Andrew C Wilcox, University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1808 Dams [HYDROLOGY]
1825 Geomorphology: fluvial [HYDROLOGY]
1861 Sedimentation [HYDROLOGY]
1862 Sediment transport [HYDROLOGY]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Global Soils

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

EP32A-01
Recent Initiatives to Manage Sediment in US Reservoirs (Invited) (25720)
David L Wegner, US House of Representatives, Subcommitee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Washington, DC, United States
EP32A-02
Modern Reservoir Sedimentation Management Techniques with Examples  (11208)
George William Annandale, Golder Associates Inc, Water Resources, Lakewood, CO, United States
EP32A-03
Local- and Segment-Scale Considerations for Managing Gravel Regimes in Regulated Rivers (29695)
David Gaeuman, Yurok Tribe, Fisheries, Weaverville, CA, United States
EP32A-04
Modeling Changes in Bed Surface Texture and Aquatic Habitat Caused by Run-of-River Hydropower Development (30677)
Theodore K Fuller1, Jeremy G Venditti2, Peter A Nelson3, Viorel Popescu1 and Wendy Palen1, (1)Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, (2)Simon Fraser University, School of Environmental Science, Burnaby, BC, Canada, (3)Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States
EP32A-05
RAPID Assessment of Extreme Reservoir Sedimentation Resulting from the September 2013 Flood, North St. Vrain Creek, CO (6881)
Sara L Rathburn1, Brandon J McElroy2, Ellen Wohl3, Nicholas A Sutfin3 and Ken Huson4, (1)Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)Colorado State Univ, Geosciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)City of Longmont, Utilities Service Center, Longmont, CO, United States
EP32A-06
The Role of Sediment Budgets in the Implementation and Evaluation of Controlled Floods to Restore Sandbars along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona (15976)
Paul E Grams1, John C Schmidt2 and David J. Topping1, (1)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
EP32A-07
Geomorphic response in the Limitrophe reach of the Colorado River to the 2014 delta pulse flow, United States and Mexico (17313)
Erich R Mueller1, John C Schmidt1,2, David J. Topping1, Patrick B Shafroth3 and Paul E Grams4, (1)US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Utah State University, Watershed Sciences, Logan, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, United States
EP32A-08
Dams in the Mekong River Basin: Options for Improved Sediment and Fish Passage (11496)
Thomas Bernard Wild, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Daniel P Loucks, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY, United States
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