Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/802730
- Title
- Reformation of pool-riffle sequences and induced bed amouring in a sand-bed stream following river rehabilitation
- Author/Creator
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Keene, A. F.;
Bush, R. T.;
Cheetham, M. D.;
Erskine, W. D.
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Description
- A series of structures was built along Widden Brook to trap sandy bed load as part of a river rehabilitation project. Stock-proof fencing of the riparian corridor was also carried out. The combination of in-stream structures and riparian revegetation has successfully sequestered large volumes of sand over the last six years, causing a substantial reduction in downstream sand supply. Downstream channel response to sand sequestration has included up to 1 m of bed degradation, channel contraction to less than half of the initial channel width, formation of marginal in-channel benches, reformation of a well-defined, rhythmically-spaced pool-riffle sequence and creation of a partially gravel-armoured bed surface. Sand storage in the study reach has starved the river immediately downstream, inducing bed erosion and the size-selective transport of sand and fine gravel. Residual pool depths now store four times the volume of water that was present before the start of river rehabilitation.
- Relation
- International Symposium on Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments. Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments (Christchurch, NZ 1-5 December, 2008) p. 576-583
- Relation
- http://www.iahs.info
- Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences
- Keyword(s)
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channel response;
sand storage;
residual pool depth;
grain size analysis;
longitudinal profile;
Widden Brook
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/802730
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781901502848
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