Investigation of pier scour in coarse-bed streams in Montana, 2001 through 2007
By: by Stephen R. Holnbeck
Contributors: Geological Survey (U.S.); Montana. Department of Transportation
Series: Scientific investigations report -- 2011-5107; Scientific investigations report -- 2011-5107.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Reston, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781411332140
Subjects: Scour at bridges; Scour; Bridge piers; Gravel
Description: This report presents the results of a study of pier scour in coarse-bed streams during 2001-07 in the mountain and foothill regions of three major river basins in Montana: the Missouri, Yellowstone, and Clark Fork of the Columbia.
Notes: "In cooperation with the Montana Department of Transportation."

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-68).
Table of contents: title: Abstract; title: Introduction; title: Purpose and scope; title: Background; title: Hydraulic conditions and real-time scour measurements; title: Development of pier-scour equations for coarse-bed streams; title: Recent research of pier-scour equations; title: Methods of data collection; title: Site selection; title: Pier-scour depth; title: Bed-material characteristics; title: Ancillary data; title: Pier scour in coarse-bed streams in Montana; title: Hydrologic and hydraulic conditions; title: Scour data collected; title: Comparisons with other pier-scour data; title: Comparisons of measured and computed scour; title: Effects of surface bed-material characteristics; title: Effects of shallow-subsurface bed-material characteristics; title: Combined effects of surface and shallow-subsurface bed-material characteristics; title: Limitations of the study; title: Summary and conclusions; title: References cited.