The Eel River, northwestern California; high sediment yields from a dynamic landscape

Thomas E. Lisle

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The Eel River, northwestern California; high sediment yields from a dynamic landscape

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas E. Lisle

Year:

1990

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: M.G. Wolman and H.C. Riggs (ed.), Surface Water Hydrology, v. O-1, The Geology of North America, Geological Society of America. p. 311-314.

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Abstract

The Eel River draining the Coast Range of northwestern California has the highest recorded average suspended sediment yield per drainage area of any river of its size or larger unaffected by volcanic eruptions or active glaciers in the conterminous United States (1,720 t/km 2 yr from 9,390 km 2 ; Brown and Ritter, 1971).

Keywords

PSW4351, erosion, sediment transport, California, suspended sediment, sediment transporting porcess, hillslopes, channels, geology, hydrology, geomorphic

Citation

Lisle, Thomas E. 1990. The Eel River, northwestern California; high sediment yields from a dynamic landscape. In: M.G. Wolman and H.C. Riggs (ed.), Surface Water Hydrology, v. O-1, The Geology of North America, Geological Society of America. p. 311-314.