One of the proposed methods for restoring the disappearing Mississippi Delta is sediment
diversion which uses channels and structures to divert water and sediment from the …

Future conditions of coastal Louisiana are highly uncertain due to the dynamic nature of
deltas, climate change, tropical storms, and human reliance on natural resources and …

Hurricanes have long been recognized as a strong forcing in shaping the coastal
morphology, especially by redistributing sediments among coastal wetlands, bays and inner …

The drastic decline in sediment discharge experienced by large rivers in recent years might
trigger erosion thus increasing the vulnerability of their extensive deltas. However, scarce …

Abstract The Mississippi River Delta (MRD) has undergone tremendous land loss over the
past century due to natural and anthropogenic influences, a fate shared by many river deltas …

To mitigate land losses in the Mississippi River Delta, sediment diversions are being
employed to enable the flow of river water and sediments into wetlands experiencing …

Abstract The Bahamas or Lucayan Archipelago located in the western North Atlantic Ocean
is highly susceptible to impact of hurricanes considering its location along the major …

Flocculation between inorganic sediment, salt ions and microscopic organic matter present
in the marine environment might play an important role in the dynamics of turbidity currents …

A typhoon is one of the major factors that often cause sediment transport and bed erosion in
estuarine navigational channels. A 12.5-m deepwater navigational channel (DNC) is located …

Cloud-free moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) images of the Zhujiang
(Pearl) River Estuary (ZRE) taken between 2002 and 2012 are retrieved and used to study …