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Sedimentation of beaver ponds in an Oregon Coast Range stream

Creator:

Ringer, Gina O.

Abstract:

Through the trapping of sediment behind dams, the presence of beaver in a watershed may cause substantial changes to fluvial and geomorphic processes. In an effort to investigate sedimentation patterns in beaver ponds in the Oregon Coast Range, a case study was made of the annual accumulation of sediment in...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Influence of hillslope and instream processes on channel morphology of Esmond Creek in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:

Dent, Elizabeth F.

Abstract:

Esmond Creek is a tributary to the Siuslaw River located in the Oregon Coast Range. It is 18 km in length and drains a watershed area is 48.9 km². Average channel gradient of the study reach is 0.9%. In 1988 a landslide occurred in the Esmond Creek watershed involving approximately...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

MORPHOLOGY OF ESMOND CREEK IN THE OREGON COAST RMGE INTRODUCTION Channel morphology is a function of the