Accession Number:

AD0735849

Title:

Effects of a Proposed 35-Foot Channel to Richmond on Currents and Salinities over the Seed Oyster Beds in James River: Hydraulic Model Investigation.

Descriptive Note:

Summary rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MISS

Personal Author(s):

• Bobb,W. H.
• Brogdon,N. J. , Jr.
• Simmons,H. B.

Report Date:

1966-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

72.0

Abstract:

A comprehensive model which correctly reproduced tides, currents, and salinities in the James River and tributaries was used to determine the probable effects of a proposed 10-ft increase in the depth from 25 ft to 35 ft mlw of the navigation channel between Newport News and Richmond on salinities and currents in the estuary as a whole and especially over the seed oyster beds.

Descriptors:

• (*INLAND WATERWAYS
• *HYDRAULIC MODELS)
• TIDES
• RIVER CURRENTS
• SALINITY
• MODEL TESTS
• VIRGINIA

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE