8254

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8254
• Author: Brink, M. S. and J. C. Schmidt.
• Title: The Duchesne River Channel
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Geomorphic History, 1875-1995.
• Copyright Material: NO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST O F FIGURES ........................................................ 1
LIST OF TABLES ......................................................... 3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................... 4
ABSTRACT ............................................................. 5
INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 6
Purpose ................................................... 7
DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA ........................................ • . 7
BACKGROUND .......................................................... 9
Geomorphology of the Study Reach......•••••••••••••~~•~~•~~~~~~ 9
History of Settlement and Wafer Development .................... 12
Hydrology ................................................ 13
METHODS ............................................................. 16
RESULTS ............., .............................................. 23
Channel Characteristics During Flood Stage Determined
from Historical Records, late 1800s ........................... 23
Channel Planform and Changes, since 1870s ..................... 25
Changes in Channel Width .................................... 25
Detailed Analysis of Channel Change at Randlett and Myton.......... 33
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................... 37
An Integrated History of Channel Change ....................... 37
REFERENCES .......................................................... 44
APPENDIX A ........................................................... 45
Width measurements of Duchesne River, 1995, 1903,
1882, and 1875 ............................................46