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RECORD NUMBER: 69 OF 91Main Title | Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary--Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana / | |||||||||||
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Author | Doyle, W. Harry. | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Sediments (Geology)--Louisiana--Lafourche Bayou ; Sediment transport--Louisiana--Lafourche Bayou ; Lafourche Bayou, La--Channel | |||||||||||
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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). |
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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. |