The Atchafalaya River Delta. Report 4. Generic Analysis of Delta Development.

Abstract

The development of two freshwater deltas in Atchafalaya Bay is providing new subaerial land is south-central Louisiana in an area traditionally subjected to coastal retreat. From the engineering and scientific standpoints, it is important to know at what rate and by what mechanisms the deltas in Atchafalaya Bay will continue to grow. Utilizing maps, charts, aerial photographs, and published and unpublished literature, growth patterns in 10 similar deltas and subdeltas were examined as a means of projecting the rate of growth and configuration of subaerial land in Atchafalaya Bay to the year 2030.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA140446

Entities

People

  • J. M. Coleman
  • J. T. Wells
  • S. J. Chinburg

Organizations

  • Louisiana State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photographs
  • Aerial Photography
  • Cold Fronts
  • Drainage Basins
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Floods
  • Geography
  • Life Cycles
  • Oceanography
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Ridges
  • Rivers
  • Sedimentation
  • Topography
  • Waterways

Readers

  • Economics
  • Library and Information Science
  • Riverine Ecology