SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION: COLUMBIA ESTUARY AND ENTRANCE

REVIEW OF PAST STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING PROTOTYPE MEASUREMENTS AND HYDRAULIC MODEL TESTS; REVEAL SOME INDICATIONS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLUMBIA ESTUARY AND ENTRANCE. THESE INDICATIONS REVEAL A UNIQUE PATTERN OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION PREVAILING IN THIS REGION. THIS LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ESTUARY IS ACTING AS A TRAP FOR COLLECTION OF BOTTOM SEDIMENTS AND THAT, IMMEDIATELY OFFSHORE, THE FORCES OF EROSION AND ACCRETION HAVE ESTABLISHED A REGIME THAT IS ALSO WORTHY OF DETAILED FURTHER STUDY. /ASCE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 93, No WW4, PP 167-175, 1 FIG, 3 TAB
• Authors:
  • Lockett, J B
• Publication Date: 1967-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Waterways and Harbors Division
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diffusion (Optics); Erosion; Estuaries; Hydraulic structures; Reviews; Sedimentation; Sediments; Waterways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hydraulic models
• Old TRIS Terms: Waterways (Watercourses)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204116
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 8 1994 12:00AM