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Title: Movement of tagged dredged sand at thalweg disposal sites in the Upper Mississippi River. Volume 1. Gordon's Ferry and Whitney Island sites

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6268167

Experiments were conducted at two sites on the Upper Mississippi River to determine whether and how quickly hydraulically dredged sand would move away from a thalweg disposal site into sensitive habitat areas. Hydraulically dredged sand was tagged with sand coated with fluorescent dye before being deposited in the thalweg. Bathymetric surveys and surficial bottom sampling were conducted on several occasions within 588 and 249 days following disposal at the Gordon'

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6268167
Report Number(s):
ANL/EES-TM-270-Vol.1; ON: DE85005920
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English