Bank storage‐loss and recovery of Missouri River discharge during drought of 1934
Whenever measurements show that the discharge of a stream becomes smaller as it passes downstream to a considerably larger drainage-area and no diversions of water are known to exist between the places of measurement, curiosity is always aroused as to the cause, and a question may be raised as to the accuracy of the measurements purporting to show the decrease.
Small streams sometimes disappear in fault-planes and crevices in rocky regions with relatively high slopes, or in flat sand- and gravel-bars, and then reappear full-size farther downstream. This behavior, however, represents no decrease in the discharge but merely means that the stream is following an underground rather than a surface-course for that part of its travel.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1935 |
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Title | Bank storage‐loss and recovery of Missouri River discharge during drought of 1934 |
DOI | 10.1029/TR016i002p00513 |
Authors | H.C. Beckman |
Publication Type | Article |
Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Series Title | Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union |
Index ID | 70221653 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |