U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4209
Determination
of Channel Change for Selected Streams,
Maricopa County, Arizona
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By
J.P. Capesius and T.W. Lehman
ABSTRACT
In Maricopa County, Arizona, 10 sites on seven streams were studied to determine
the lateral and vertical change of the channel. Channel change was studied over
time scales ranging from individual floods to decades using cross-section surveys,
discharge measurements, changes in the point of zero flow, and repeat photography.
All of the channels showed some change in cross-section area or hydraulic radius
over the time scales studied, but the direction and mag-nitude of change varied
considerably from one flow, or series of flows, to another. The documentation
of cross-section geometry for streams in Maricopa County for long-term monitoring
was begun in this study.
Abstract
Introduction
Mechanisms of channel change
Methods of determination of channel changes
Results
Summary
Selected references
Cross-section data
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