South-Central Section - 45th Annual Meeting (27–29 March 2011)

Session No. 20
Tuesday, 29 March 2011: 3:00 PM-5:30 PM
D.H. Holmes A & B (Chateau Bourbon)

T7. Transport and Sediment Dynamics in Lowland Rivers

 

Ioannis Y. Georgiou and Mead Allison, Advocates
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3:00 PM
UTILITY OF USGS STREAMFLOW-GAGING STATION RECORDS TO ASSESS HISTORICAL GEOMORPHIC ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE LOWER BRAZOS AND SABINE RIVERS, TEXAS AND LOUISIANA, USA
HEITMULLER, Franklin T., Geography and Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5051, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5051, Franklin.Heitmuller@usm.edu, Franklin.Heitmuller@usm.edu
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3:15 PM
SUSPEND LOAD CALCULATIONS MADE FROM CALIBRATING ADCP VELOCITY AND BACKSCATTER MEASUREMENTS
PRATT, Thad and PERKEY, David, US Army Corps Of Engineers, ERDC, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd, Vicksburg, MS 39180, Thad.c.pratt@usace.army.mil, Thad.c.pratt@usace.army.mil
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3:30 PM
MEASURING BEDLOAD TRANSPORT AND SUSPENDED LOAD ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THE OLD RIVER COMPLEX
ABRAHAM, David1, MCALPIN, Tate2 and PRATT, Thad2, (1)US Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd, Vicksburg, MS 39180, (2)US Army Corps Of Engineers, ERDC, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd, Vicksburg, MS 39180, David.d.abraham@usace.army.mil, David.d.abraham@usace.army.mil
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3:45 PM
PROVENANCE OF THE UPLAND COMPLEX: WHERE DID ALL THAT PLIOCENE GRAVEL AND SAND COME FROM?
LUMSDEN, David N., COX, Randal T. and VANARSDALE, Roy B., Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, 3600 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38152, dlumsden@memphis.edu, dlumsden@memphis.edu
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4:00 PM
CONSTRUCTING A SEDIMENT BUDGET FOR THE MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA RIVER IN LOUISIANA IN SUPPORT OF COASTAL RESTORATION
ALLISON, Mead A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, DEMAS, Charles, United States Geological Survey, Louisiana Water Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70816, KLEISS, Barbara, LCA Science and Technology Office, Vicksburg, MS 39180, LITTLE, Charles, United States Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC-CHL-MS, Vicksburg, MS 39180, MESELHE, Ehab A., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, POWELL, Nancy, United States Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, LA 70160, PRATT, Thad, US Army Corps Of Engineers, ERDC, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd, Vicksburg, MS 39180 and VOSBURG, Brian, Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, meadallison@tulane.edu, meadallison@tulane.edu
 
4:15 PM
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4:30 PM
PATTERNS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION DURING A FLOOD EVENT IN A MISSISSIPPI RIVER CREVASSE SPLAY
ESPOSITO, Christopher R., Tulane University, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, GEORGIOU, Ioannis Y., Earth and Environmental Sciences and Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70148 and KOLKER, Alexander S., Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 8124 Highway 56, Chauvin, LA 70344, cresposito@gmail.com, cresposito@gmail.com
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4:45 PM
SEDIMENT DYNAMICS AT THE WEST BAY MISSISSIPPI RIVER DIVERSION
KOLKER, Alexander S.1, MINER, Michael D.2 and WEATHERS, Dallon2, (1)Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 8124 Highway 56, Chauvin, LA 70344, (2)Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70148, akolker@lumcon.edu, akolker@lumcon.edu
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5:00 PM
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF DIVERSIONS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
PEREIRA, Joao F.1, DAVIS, Mallory A.1, MCCORQUODALE, John A.1, GEORGIOU, Ioannis Y.2, MESELHE, Ehab A.3, ALLISON, Mead A.4 and LOPEZ, John A.5, (1)Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences and Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70148, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, (4)Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78758, (5)Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70148, jfaiscar@uno.edu, jfaiscar@uno.edu
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5:15 PM
MYRTLE GROVE DELTA BUILDING DIVERSION PROJECT
MESELHE, Ehab A., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, GEORGIOU, Ioannis Y., Earth and Environmental Sciences and Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70148, MCCORQUODALE, John A., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 and ALLISON, Mead A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, meselhe@louisiana.edu, meselhe@louisiana.edu
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