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Main Title Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary--Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana /
Author Doyle, W. Harry.
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U.S. Geological Survey water-supply paper
2008.
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
Additional Subjects Sediments (Geology)--Louisiana--Lafourche Bayou ; Sediment transport--Louisiana--Lafourche Bayou ; Lafourche Bayou, La--Channel
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ELBM  TC801.U2 no.2008 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/01/1988
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.