CIRCULATION, EFFLUENT DIFFUSION, AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, MOUTH OF SOUTH PASS, MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA.

Abstract

A study was conducted at the mouth of South Pass, Mississippi River, to ascertain the influence exerted by interaction between effluent and ambient fluids; tide; waves; winds; bottom topography and channel mouth geometry; regional coastal currents; horizontal and vertical density gradients; and hydrologic regime of the Mississippi River. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709426

Entities

People

  • Lynn D. Wright

Organizations

  • Louisiana State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diffusion
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Geological Phenomena
  • Geometry
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi River
  • Rivers
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Topography
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Riverine Ecology