New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina. I: Introduction, overview, and the East Flank

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 701-717

  Seed , R B ^a   Bea, R G ^a   Abdelmalak, R I ^b   Athanasopoulos Zekkos, A ^a   Boutwell, G P ^c   Briaud, J L ^a   Cheung, C ^d   Cobos Roa, D ^e   Ehrensing, L ^f   Govindasamy, A V ^b   Harder Jr , L F ^g   Inkabi, K S ^a   Nicks, J ^c   Pestana, J M ^a   Porter, J ^h   Rhee, K ^c   Reimer, M F ^a   Rogers, J D ⁱ   Storesund, R ^j   Vera Grunauer, X ^k   Wartman, J ^l   more..

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c Ardaman & Associates Inc   (United States)

^d HDR Inc   (United States)

^e URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Thigpen Construction   (United States)

^g HDR Incorporated   (United States)

^h Soil Testing Engineers Inc   (United States)

ⁱ University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^j Rune Storesund   (United States)

^k CVA Consulting Group   (Ecuador)

^l Drexel University   (United States)

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Author keywords

Floods; Hurricanes; Louisiana

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LEVEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS;

FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEMS; HURRICANE KATRINA;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ERODIBILITY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LEVEE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LAKE BORGNE; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; PLAQUEMINES PARISH; SAINT BERNARD PARISH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549121508     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:5(701)     Document Type: Review

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