Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Environmental Sciences; Limnology; Water Resources
Abstract
Analysis of aerial photography for the period 1950–1971 and field data collected from 1970 to 1974 indicate that in the Denver area suburban development has caused significant changes in fluvial systems. By first introducing large quantities of sediment and later by increasing surface runoff, suburban development leads to an expansion of floodplains followed by downcutting of streams. As areas of suburban development increase, greater percentages of stream lengths are dominated by transportation, and lesser percentages are dominated by erosion and deposition.
Publication Info
Published in Water Resources Research, Volume 11, Issue 5, 1975, pages 690-692.
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© 1975 by American Geophysical Union