DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL INDEX

CHAPTER 1. Background and Motivation     (11 kB)

CHAPTER 2. Deriving the Geomorphological Index     (8 kB)

CHAPTER 3. Site selection     (5 kB)

CHAPTER 4. The geomorphological assessment     (21 kB)
       4.1 The desk top exercise
       4.2 The field survey

CHAPTER 5. Summary Sheet and data base     (5 kB)

CHAPTER 6. The monitoring programme     (11 kB)
       6.1 Frequency of monitoring
       6.2 Levels of expertise and resources

CHAPTER 7. Conclusions and further development     (7 kB)

CHAPTER 8. Bibliography     (7 kB)

FIELD GUIDE TO ASSESSING THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL INDEX     (14 kB)

Introduction
Definitions
Desktop Reach Analysis
Summary Table

GUIDE TO THE FIELD SURVEY

1. Type of survey     (see 4)
2. Background map based information     (see 4)
3. Photographic record     (see 4)
4. Flow regime     (8 kB)
5. Condition at time of site visit     (see 6)
6. Channel plan     (240 kB)
7. Channel cross section     (101 kB)
8. Channel dimensions     (see 9)
9. Reach channel type     (292 kB)
10. Morphological units     (718 kB)
11. Reach types     (see 13)
12. Bed material     (see 13)
13. Bank material     (9 kB)
14. Riparian and in-channel vegetation     (288 kB)  (164 kB)
15. Channel modifications and bank impacts     (397 kB)
16. Bank stability     (6 kB)
17. Bank erosion     (250 kB)
18. Bars     (353 kB)
19. Bed material size distribution     (201 kB)
20. Habitat survey     (361 kB)

APPENDIX A     SUMMARY TABLE     (15 kB)

APPENDIX B     SITE GEOMORPHOLOGY     (13 kB)  (17 kB)  (28 kB)  (1002 kB)  (22 kB)

for citation purposes:

NAEBP Report Series No 13
Kate Rowntree and Roy Wadeson. 2000.
Field manual for channel classification and condition assessment
Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water and Sanitation, Pretoria, South Africa.