Sediment Deposition at the Caernarvon Crevasse during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927: Implications for Coastal Restoration
During the 1927 Mississippi flood, the levee was dynamited downstream of New Orleans creating a 2 km wide crevasse that inundated the Breton Sound estuary and deposited a crevasse splay of about 130 km2. We measured sediment deposition in the splay that consisted of a silty-clay layer bounded by age...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Water |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/8/2/38 |