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Channel narrowing by vertical accretion along the Green River near Green River, Utah

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John C Schmidt, and Tyler M Allred, Channel narrowing by vertical accretion along the Green River near Green River, Utah: .

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The Green River is the longest tributary of the Colorado River. Near the town of Green River, Utah, the Green River narrowed in two discrete phases during the twentieth century. The first phase of narrowing decreased average width by about 5% and occurred between about 1930 and 1940, when the magnitude of 2-yr flood, mean annual discharge, and effective discharge decreased by about 30%, 28%, and 37%, respectively. During this first phase of narrowing, saltcedar (Tamarisk spp.), an invading non-native tree, began to establish itself in the study area, but botanists of that time did not describe the tree as abundant. Channel width was stable in the 1940s and 1950s even though saltcedar were becoming already abundant on the river's banks. [...]

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From Source - Mendeley RIS export <br> On - Tue May 10 10:11:09 CDT 2011

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