Bank Conditions and Recession Along the U.S. Shorelines of the St. Marys, St. Clair, Detroit and St. Lawrence Rivers: Ancillary Data

Abstract

The analysis of bank conditions and recession along the shorelines of the St. Marys, St. Clair, Detroit and St. Lawrence Rivers was done from 1977 to 1980. As part of that analysis, a large volume of detailed, site-specific field data and photographs were collected to characterize the bank conditions. During the initial boat survey of the Detroit River, the shoreline of Lake St. Clair was observed from Grosse Point Yacht Club to Windmill Point. This shoreline was protected with various types of structures, primarily bulkheads or seawalls. The remainder of the U.S. portion of the lakeshore is greater than three miles away from the navigation channel, well beyond the zone influenced by passing ships. Bank soils maps adapted from the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) soil surveys were prepared for the St. Marys and St. Clair Rivers to provide additional data on bank composition. (SDW)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA213763

Entities

People

  • Lawrence W. Gatto

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulkheads
  • Classification
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Maps
  • Michigan
  • Navigation
  • New York
  • Photographs
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Rivers
  • Security
  • Soil Surveys
  • Topographic Maps
  • Topography
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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