by Andrew Simon and C.R. Hupp
Abstract
Introduction
Historical background
Purpose and scope
Study area
Acknowledgments
Consequences of channel modifications
Channel adjustment--general
Vegetation response
Examples from West Tennessee studies
Channel bed-level adjustments
Lateral adjustments
Methods of investigation
Site selection
Data collection, compilation, and analysis
Channel morphology
Channel-bed elevations
Channel width, bank height, and bank angles
Volumetric changes in channel size
Geomorphic surfaces and stage identification
Shear strength and bank stability
Analysis of bank stability
Factors of safety
Critical-bank conditions
Dendrogeomorphic analyses
Channel widening
Bank accretion
Woody vegetative cover
Timing of restabilizing bank conditions
plant ecology analyses
Detailed accretion analyses
Geomorphic and vegetative recovery processes
Channel bed-level changes
Theoretical considerations
Empirical data by river mile
Degradation
Aggradation
Bank processes and evolution
Bank-material properties
Bank evolution--general
Stage I - premodified
Stage II - constructed
Stage III - degradation
Stage IV - threshold
Rotational compared against planar failures
Stage V - aggradation
Stage VI - restabilization
Critical bank conditions
Channel widening
Recent widening
Total widening
Volumes of bank erosion
Projected widening
Obion-Forked Deer River Forks
Obion River main stem
Cane Creek
Wolf River
Cub and Porters Creeks
Hoosier and Pond Creeks
System-wide channel recovery--from dendrogeomorphic and plant ecological evidence
Bank-stability index
Accretion and channel pattern
Development of long-term channel geometry
Riparian-vegetation recovery
Species distribution--six-stage model
Vegetation recovery and life history
Species ordination
Summary and conclusions
Selected references
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