Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "Virginia -- Maury River"
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Bugs and Bacteria: A Survey of Water Quality and Ecosystem Health in Rockbridge County (thesis)
The Maury River and its tributaries comprise an understudied system within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed that is affected heavily by human disturbance. Water and sediment nitrate and E. coli concentrations were used in ... -
Impacts of Low-Head Dam Construction and Removal with Little Channel Sediment Storage: Case Study from the Maury River, Virginia
Dam removal projects are becoming more frequent as awareness of the negative ecological consequences increases and dams begin to fail. However, due to the potential threats of post-removal channel migration, bank erosion, ... -
The Removal of the Jordan's Point Dam: Examining Channel Restructure and Sediment Mobilization (thesis)
The 2019 removal of the Jordan's Point Dam, a low-head concrete structure built in 1911 but predated by several older crib dams, is understood to have served as a significant geomorphological event in the Maury River. ...