| Main Title |
Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary--Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana / |
| Author |
Doyle, W. Harry.
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| Other Authors |
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| CORP Author |
Louisiana. Dept. of Public Works. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., |
| Year Published |
1972 |
| OCLC Number |
00596196 |
| Subjects |
Sediments (Geology)--Louisiana--Lafourche, Bayou ;
Lafourche, Bayou (La)--Channel ;
Sediment transport--Louisiana--Lafourche, Bayou ;
Louisiana--Bayou Lafourche
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| Additional Subjects |
Sediments (Geology)--Louisiana--Lafourche Bayou ;
Sediment transport--Louisiana--Lafourche Bayou ;
Lafourche Bayou, La--Channel
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
TC801.U2 no.2008 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/01/1988 |
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| Collation |
v, 48 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
"Prepared in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Public Works." "United States Department of the Interior. Rogers C. B. Morton, secretary. Geological Survey. V. E. McKelvey, director."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-38). |
| Contents Notes |
"The use of the gamma probe and soil-sampling data to detect former channel cross sections." 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. |
