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Geomorphic Changes on the Mississippi River Flood Plain at Miller City, Illinois as a Result of the Flood of 1993

U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 1120-J

by Robert B. Jacobson and Kevin A. Oberg


Table of Contents

Foreword

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Levee-Break Complexes

Acknowledgments

The Flood of 1993 and the Miller City, Illinois, Levee-Break Complex

History of the Miller City Levee-Break Complex

Measurements

Geomorphic Changes

Geomorphic Features

Scour Morphology and Volume

Processes, Magnitude, and Frequency of Geomorphic Changes in the Miller City, Illinois, Levee-Break Complex

Summary

References Cited

 


 

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