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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/28327| Title: | Geomorphic Investigation of the Great Bend Region, Red River |
| Authors: | Albertson, Paul E. Corcoran, Maureen K. Autin, Whitney J. Kruger, John. Foster, Theresa. |
| Keywords: | Geomorphology Red River Flood control Archeological site location Levees |
| Publisher: | Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical Report (Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (U.S.));no.ERDC/GSL TR-18-17 |
| Abstract: | The U.S. Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, conducted feasibility studies to rehabilitate the levees along the Red River from Fulton, AR, to the Arkansas-Louisiana state line. In support of these studies, research was performed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to provide a geomorphic framework for cultural resources in the project area. This research had three specific objectives: (1) identify and map geomorphic features in the study area on 1:24,000 scale maps, (2) define geomorphic processes that are active in the study area, and (3) reconstruct the geomorphic development of the study area to understand the significance of geomorphic features in terms of both locating previously unknown archaeological sites and discovering buried sites. Field investigations and aerial photography were used to interpret the geomorphology. Approximately 6 percent of the known archeological sites are located above the floodplain on valley slopes or bluffs. The remaining 94 percent of the sites are associated with the floodplain of the various fluvial components that form the study area. Forty-six percent of flood-plain sites are located adjacent to crevasse channels. Other known archaeological sites are primarily located on the natural levee or adjacent point bars. |
| Description: | Technical Report |
| Gov't Doc #: | ERDC/GSL TR-18-17 |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/28327 http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/28327 |
| Size: | PDF/A |
| Types of Materials: | 187 pages / 26.08Mb |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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