Channel changes of the San Xavier Reach of the Santa Cruz River, Tucson, Arizona 1971-1988
| dc.contributor.author | Guber, Albert L. | |
| dc.creator | Guber, Albert L. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-28T14:13:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-28T14:13:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192001 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aerial photographs of the San Xavier reach of the Santa Cruz River near Tucson, Arizona, were used to interpret four planimetric surface classes and to generate hydraulic variables for analysis of channel change. Variables were regressed to determine the extent to which channel form is controlled by "catastrophic" flows. Channel width analysis, in combination with channel overlay maps provided the means of assessing spatial variations in channel form through time. Results indicate that the study reach is dominantly controlled by equilibrium conditions rather than catastrophic events as determined in previous studies in arid and semi-arid climates. The definition and implementation of the braid index variable as a measure of channel pattern in this study account for measurement errors inherent in defining hydraulic variables in a channel which changes pattern through time. Such errors may be critical sources of inconsistency in previous studies of channel change in fluvial systems. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydrology. | |
| dc.subject | River channels -- Arizona. | |
| dc.title | Channel changes of the San Xavier Reach of the Santa Cruz River, Tucson, Arizona 1971-1988 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.chair | Reeves, Richard W. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 213446292 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Geography and Regional Development | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | hydrology collection | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-24T14:30:05Z | |
| html.description.abstract | Aerial photographs of the San Xavier reach of the Santa Cruz River near Tucson, Arizona, were used to interpret four planimetric surface classes and to generate hydraulic variables for analysis of channel change. Variables were regressed to determine the extent to which channel form is controlled by "catastrophic" flows. Channel width analysis, in combination with channel overlay maps provided the means of assessing spatial variations in channel form through time. Results indicate that the study reach is dominantly controlled by equilibrium conditions rather than catastrophic events as determined in previous studies in arid and semi-arid climates. The definition and implementation of the braid index variable as a measure of channel pattern in this study account for measurement errors inherent in defining hydraulic variables in a channel which changes pattern through time. Such errors may be critical sources of inconsistency in previous studies of channel change in fluvial systems. |
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