Evaluation of the Long-term Impacts of Urbanization on the Physical Characteristics of Piedmont Headwater Streams
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Bourne, Robert L.
Mikalsen, Ted
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
A field study has been initiated to measure and evaluate long-term changes in channel cross-sections, bank and channel scouring, streambed composition, longitudinal reach profiles, plan-form dimensions, land cover to document the long-term response of a Piedmont headwater stream to urbanization. This case study will evaluate the rate and interrelationship of those changes over time and in comparison to a comparable relatively undisturbed control stream and a stream draining a nearly fully developed urban watershed.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
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1999-03
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