Accession Number:

ADA258784

Title:

Particle Size Distributions of Bed Sediments Along the Thalweg of the Mississippi River, Cairo, Illinois, to Head of Passes, September 1989

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Nordin, Carl F.
• Queen, Bryan S.

Report Date:

1992-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

95.0

Abstract:

Changes in Mississippi River bed material gradations between Cairo, IL, and head of Passes, LA, between 1932 and 1989 were determined. In September 1989, bed material samples were collected from the thalweg of the river along the 955-mile reach. In all, 504 samples were collected at 417 locations. Results were compared to a similar sampling program conducted in 1932. In general, the 1989 bed contained less coarse sand and gravel and less very fine sand than the 1932 lied. Upstream of the Old River Structure near river mile 300 the bed was generally finer in 1989 than in 1932. Downstream from river mile 300 the median grain size was about the same, but the distribution was more uniform, with less very fine sand.

Descriptors:

• *MORPHOLOGY
• *MISSISSIPPI RIVER
• *SEDIMENTATION
• PARTICLE SIZE
• DISTRIBUTION
• GRAIN SIZE
• SAMPLING
• PARTICLES
• GRAVEL
• MATERIALS

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE