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Stream channel stability and sensitivity to landscape history and land use changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon

Creator:

Murphy, Yarrow M.

Abstract:

This study examines stream channel erosion processes in a small urbanizing watershed influenced by deposits of the Columbia Basin catastrophic floods: Kelley Creek, a 12-km² tributary of Johnson Creek, located just east of Portland, Oregon. Information on landscape history, stream channels, and sediment dynamics was compiled. The effects of future...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

Landscape History and Land Use Changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon. Abstract approved