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Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary--Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
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- Creator
- by W. Harry Doyle, Jr
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972
- Physical Details
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- v, 48 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00596196, ocm00596196
- "Prepared in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Public Works."
- "The use of the gamma probe and soil-sampling data to detect former channel cross sections."
- "United States Department of the Interior. Rogers C.B. Morton, secretary. Geological Survey. V.E. McKelvey, director."--verso t.p.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-38).
- Abstract -- Introduction. Objectives of study ; Historical background ; Description of Bayou Laforche study area -- Determination of total sediment inflow -- Sediment deposition in the study reach. Deposition calculated from suspended-sediment in Bayou Laforche ; Equations developed by dimensional analysis to determine the rate and amount of sediment accumulation ; Gamma-probe investigation -- Determination of stable channel. Stabilized-channel theory ; Stable-channel characteristics ; Water-surface profiles in the study reach ; Requirement for stability in the study reach -- Conclusion -- Supplemental information