Diversion of mississippi river water downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA to Maximize sediment capture and ameliorate coastal land loss

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4113-4126

  Allison, Mead A ^a   Ramirez, Michael T ^b   Meselhe, Ehab A ^a  

^a The Water Institute of the Gulf   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mississippi river; River discharge; River diversions; River sediment; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; RIVER DIVERSION; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MONITORING STATIONS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER DISCHARGES;

RIVERS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027922438     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0731-y     Document Type: Article

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