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Methods and applications of digital-model simulation of the Red River alluvial aquifer: Shreveport to the mouth of the Black River, Louisiana

Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-114
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri79114

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Abstract

The Red River Waterways Project provides for the construction of five locks and dams on the Red River from the Mississippi River to Shreveport, La. The methodology used by the U.S. Geological Survey in studying the effects of the navigation pools on the ground-water-flow regime involved digital modeling of steady- and nonsteady-state conditions. The steady-state model, GWFLOW, computes the head response in an aquifer due to various boundary conditions. The nonsteady-state model, SUPERMOCK, was designed to simulate transient stress and response in an alluvial-flow system. In addition to the simulation models several computer programs were developed during the study to aid in the preparation of field data for input to the models and in the calibration of the models. Calibration techniques unique to each of the models were developed for the investigation. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

Ludwig, A.H., Terry, J.E., 1980, Methods and applications of digital-model simulation of the Red River alluvial aquifer: Shreveport to the mouth of the Black River, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-114, vi, 103 p. , https://doi.org/10.3133/wri79114.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Methods and applications of digital-model simulation of the Red River alluvial aquifer: Shreveport to the mouth of the Black River, Louisiana
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 79-114
DOI 10.3133/wri79114
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description vi, 103 p.
Country United States
State Louisiana
City Shreveport
Other Geospatial Black River
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