Assessment of sedimentation processes determined from side-scan sonar surveys in the Buffalo River, New York, USA

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 55; no. 7; pp. 1587 - 1599
• Main Authors: Manley, P. L, Singer, J. K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.10.2008; Springer-Verlag; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Applied geophysics; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Environmental restoration; Exact sciences and technology; Freshwater; Furrows; Geology; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Internal geophysics; Original Article; Pollution, environment geology; River beds; River ecology; Rivers; Sedimentary environments; Sedimentary geology; Sedimentary structures; Sedimentation; Sedimentation & deposition; Sediments; Sonar; Lake Erie; New York; United States; Tennessee; Buffalo River; Great Lakes; North America, Erie L; USA, New York; USA, New York, Buffalo R; Sedimentary bedforms; River restoration; Side-scan sonar; Sediment furrows; Sediment transport; slumping; stream transport; furrows; side-scanning methods; time variations; textures; heavy metals; Decision making; river discharge; pollution; North America; bedforms; drainage basins; fluvial sedimentation; sediment transport; erosion; alluvium; spatial variations; sonar methods; flow

An assessment of sedimentation processes was made using side-scan sonar records collected over a 15-year period in the Buffalo River, New York, USA. Spatial and temporal changes in natural and man-made bedforms documented sediment erosion, slumping, and sediment depositional sites. Bedforms and sedi...