The ups and downs of levees: Gps-based change detection, middle mississippi river, USA

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-58

  Flor, Andrew ^a   Pinter, Nicholas ^a   Remo, Jonathan W F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; FLOOD ELEVATIONS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD RISKS; FOUNDATION MATERIALS; HURRICANE KATRINA; ILLINOIS; LEVEE HEIGHTS; LOUISIANA; MEASUREMENT INTERVAL; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NEW ORLEANS; PROTECTION LEVEL; ROAD MAINTENANCE; SENSE OF SECURITY; ST. LOUIS , MISSOURI; SURFACE EROSION; SURVEY DATA;

COMPACTION; SECURITY OF DATA; SURVEYS;

LEVEES;

COMPACTION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; FOUNDATION; LEVEE; SUBSIDENCE; SURVEYING;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751491006     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31493.1     Document Type: Article

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