Modeling a Channel Migration Corridor for the 59-mile Segment of the Missouri National Recreational River
Project ID: J8W07070026
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: Oregon State University
Fiscal Year: 2007
Initial Funding: $36,000
Total Funding: $36,000
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Physical
National Park: Missouri National Recreational River
Principal Investigator: Lancaster, Stephen
Agreement Technical Representative: Cole, Tyler
Abstract: Missouri National Recreational River management proposes to build on the multi-scale classification of the river to model lateral channel migration rates to develop long-term (100-year) predictions of the active channel belt for the Missouri River in the 59-mile segment below Gavins Point Dam. This study will be conducted using a meandering river model calibrated with bank erosion rates constrained from the 1993-2003 time periods. Bank materials will be determined by supplementing existing and ongoing surficial geologic and soils mapping. Model results will be compiled with all relevant geomorphic and land-use data into a framework to delineate a channel migration corridor for the 59-mile segment of the Missouri National Recreational River.
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