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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/3102| Title: | Downward trend in Mississippi River suspended-sediment loads |
| Authors: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District. United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Lower Mississippi Valley Division. Dardeau, Elba A. Causey, Etta M. |
| Keywords: | Bed load Mississippi River Basin Sediment analysis procedures Sediment load-computation procedures Sediment samplers Sediment sampling procedures Sediment transport Suspended-sediment load Potamology |
| Publisher: | Environmental Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Report (Potamology Program--P-1 (U.S.)) ; 5. |
| Description: | Potamology Report Abstract: This investigation was Phase III of a three-phase study of the sediment regime of the Mississippi River Basin. Phase I, conducted under the earlier Lower Mississippi Valley Division (LMVD) Potamology Program (T-1), resulted in the publication of US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Technical Report M-77-1, "Inventory of Sediment Sample Collection Stations in the Mississippi River Basin." The end product of Phase II was LMVD Potamology Program (P-1) Report 1, ''Characterization of the Suspended-Sediment Regime and Bed-Material Gradation of the Mississippi River Basin," published in August 1981. The Phase II study identified a downward trend in Mississippi River suspended-sediment loads that apparently began around the middle of the 20th century. The current study deals with suspended-sediment sampling, analysis, and load-computation procedures used at key stations on major streams in the Mississippi River Basin and the possible influence of these procedures on the downward trend. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/3102 |
| Appears in Collections: | Potamology Investigations Report |
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| P-1-Report-5.pdf | 16.82 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |