A shoaling analysis of the Houston Ship Channel

Date

1987

Authors

Sheppard SM

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Publisher

Houston Univ., TX (USA)

Abstract

The Houston Ship Channel study determined factors which correlated strongly with the rate of shoaling and which could be used in an equation for a predictive model. Shoaling data and rainfall data from 1961 to 1984 and dredging dates and amounts for the ship channel were used

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Keywords

analysis, ASW,USA,Texas,Houston, Dredging, Navigational channels, Q2 02264 Sediments and sedimentation, Q2 02384 Dredging, rainfall, sedimentation, shoaling

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