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dc.contributor.authorHuckleberry, G.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-29T02:13:47Z
dc.date.available2018-09-29T02:13:47Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citationHuckleberry, G., 1996, Historical Geomorphology of the Gila River. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-96-14, 31 p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/629787
dc.descriptionIntegral to ascertaining the navigability of the Gila River at time of statehood is an understanding of the river's geomorphology. The Gila River has been the topic of several geomorphologic studies that focused on changes in channel position and form through time (e.g., Burkham, 1972; Graf, 1981; Huckleberry, 1993b; Stevens and others, 1975). Although detailed historical descriptions of the Gila River only extend approximately 120 years, within that short interval oftime the river has changed between narrow, meandering and wide, braided conditions (see Leopold and Wolman, 1957 for common channel patterns). Channel changes on the Gila River are driven primarily by changes in the frequency of large floods (Burkham, 1972, Huckleberry, 1993b), however, one cannot ignore the effects of human disturbances (Bahre, 1991). Irrigation diversions, dams, exotic vegetation, and channelization have also undoubtedly affected the hydraulics and hydrology of the channel.
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOFR-96-14
dc.relation.urlhttps://library.azgs.arizona.edu/item/AOFR-1552431581680-238
dc.rightsArizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectArizona Geological Survey Open File Reports
dc.subjectPinal County
dc.subjectSalt river
dc.subjectBasin and Range physiographic province
dc.subjectHighland zone
dc.subjectGila River
dc.subjecthydrology
dc.subjectFloods
dc.subjectChannel changes
dc.subjectbraided conditions
dc.subjectwide
dc.subjectmeandering
dc.subjectnarrow
dc.subjectHistorical
dc.subjectgeomorphology
dc.subjectYuma
dc.subjectFlorence
dc.subjectWinkelman
dc.subjectSafford Valley
dc.subjectnavigability
dc.titleHistorical Geomorphology of the Gila River
csdgm.bounding.west-114.719
csdgm.bounding.east-109.05
csdgm.bounding.north33.3424
csdgm.bounding.south32.4012
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