Long-term sediment transport and delivery of the largest distributary of the Mississippi River, the Atchafalaya, USA

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 282-290

  Jun Xu, Y ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atchafalaya Bay; Coastal land accretion; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi Atchafalaya river; Riverine sedimentation; Sediment rating curve; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ATCHAFALAYA BAY; COASTAL LAND ACCRETION; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; RIVERINE SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENT RATING CURVE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; RATING; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RATING CURVE; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ATCHAFALAYA BAY; ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952652002     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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