Initial fluvial response to the removal of Oregon's Marmot Dam
A temporary, 14‐meter‐high earthen cofferdam standing in place of Marmot Dam was breached on 19 October 2007, allowing the 80‐ kilometer‐long Sandy River to flow freely from Mount Hood, Oreg., to the Columbia River for the first time in nearly 100 years. Marmot Dam is one of the largest dams in the western United States (in terms of height and volume of stored sediment) to have been removed in the past 40 years, and its removal exposed approximately 730,000 cubic meters of stored sand and gravel to erosion and transport by the newly energetic mountain river. At the time, its breach represented the greatest release of sediment from any U.S. dam removal. (The March 2008 breaching of Montana's Milltown Dam exposed about 5–10 times as much sediment to potential erosion.)
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Title | Initial fluvial response to the removal of Oregon's Marmot Dam |
| DOI | 10.1029/2008EO270001 |
| Authors | Jon J. Major, Kurt R. Spicer, Abagail Rhode, J. E. O'Connor, Heather M. Bragg, Dwight Q. Tanner, Chauncey W. Anderson, J. Rose Wallick, Gordon E. Grant |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union |
| Index ID | 70198277 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Oregon Water Science Center; Volcano Science Center |
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