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Open-File Report 2012–1056

Prepared in cooperation with the Louisiana Coastal Area Science and Technology Program

Water-Quality, Bed-Sediment, and Discharge Data for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and Adjacent Waterways, Southeastern Louisiana, August 2008 Through December 2009

By Christopher M. Swarzenski, Scott V. Mize, and John K. Lovelace

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The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet navigation channel (MRGO) was constructed in the early 1960s to provide a safer and shorter route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Port of New Orleans for deep-draft, ocean-going vessels and to promote the economic development of the Port of New Orleans. In 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed a plan to de-authorize the MRGO. The plan called for a rock barrier to be constructed across the MRGO near Bayou La Loutre. In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Louisiana Coastal Area Science and Technology Program began a study to document the impacts of the rock barrier on water-quality and flow before, during, and after its construction. Water-quality, bed-sediment, and discharge data were collected in the MRGO and adjacent water bodies from August 2008 through December 2009.

First posted May 2, 2012

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Suggested citation:

Swarzenski, C.M., Mize, S.V., and Lovelace, J.K., 2012, Water-quality, bed-sediment, and discharge data for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and adjacent waterways, southeastern Louisiana, August 2008 through December 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1056, 52 p.



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Abstract

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Water-Quality, Bed-Sediment, and Discharge Data

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