Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary — Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
Water Supply Paper
2008
By: W. Harry Doyle
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Abstract
The installation of a pumping plant at Donaldsonville, La., in 1955 to solve a
water-supply problem for the residents along Bayou Lafourche created a sedimentation problem in the bayou. Prior to 1904, when the bayou functioned as a distributary, floodflows periodically scoured the sediment deposited in the channel at lower stages. Nearly constant flows maintained by the pumping plant result in limited transport capacity to move the sediment imposed on the channel.
Suggested Citation
Doyle, W., 1972, Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary — Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2008, v, 48 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp2008.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary — Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 2008 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp2008 |
| Year Published | 1972 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | v, 48 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Other Geospatial | Bayou Lafourche |