20 Transport and Sediment Dynamics in Lowland Rivers

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
D.H. Holmes A & B

Presentations

• 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
  Franklin Heitmuller, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
  186869 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  SUSPEND LOAD CALCULATIONS MADE FROM CALIBRATING ADCP VELOCITY AND BACKSCATTER MEASUREMENTS
  Thad Pratt, ERDC, Vicksburg, MS and David Perkey, ERDC, Vicksburg, MS
  186937 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  MEASURING BEDLOAD TRANSPORT AND SUSPENDED LOAD ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THE OLD RIVER COMPLEX
  David Abraham, ERDC, Vicksburg, MS and Tate Mcalpin, ERDC, Vicksburg, MS and Thad Pratt, ERDC, Vicksburg, MS
  186963 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  PROVENANCE OF THE UPLAND COMPLEX: WHERE DID ALL THAT PLIOCENE GRAVEL AND SAND COME FROM?
  David N. Lumsden, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Randal T. Cox, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Roy Van Arsdale, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  186507 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  CONSTRUCTING A SEDIMENT BUDGET FOR THE MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA RIVER IN LOUISIANA IN SUPPORT OF COASTAL RESTORATION
  Mead A. Allison, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Charles Demas, Louisiana Water Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA and Barbara Kleiss, Vicksburg, MS and Charles Little, ERDC-CHL-MS, Vicksburg, MS and Ehab A. Meselhe, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA and Nancy Powell, New Orleans District, New Orleans, LA and Thad Pratt, ERDC, Vicksburg, MS and Brian Vosburg, Baton Rouge, LA
  186973 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  PATTERNS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION DURING A FLOOD EVENT IN A MISSISSIPPI RIVER CREVASSE SPLAY
  Christopher R. Esposito, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Ioannis Y. Georgiou, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Alexander S. Kolker, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA
  186771 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  SEDIMENT DYNAMICS AT THE WEST BAY MISSISSIPPI RIVER DIVERSION
  Alexander S. Kolker, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA and Michael D. Miner, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Dallon Weathers, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  186809 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF DIVERSIONS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
  Joao F. Pereira, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Mallory A. Davis, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and John A. McCorquodale, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Ioannis Y. Georgiou, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Ehab A. Meselhe, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA and Mead A. Allison, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and John A. Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, New Orleans, LA
  186947 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  MYRTLE GROVE DELTA BUILDING DIVERSION PROJECT
  Ehab A. Meselhe, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA and Ioannis Y. Georgiou, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and John A. McCorquodale, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Mead A. Allison, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  186999 (Theme Sessions)