ScholarWorks@UNO - Academic Summit: Do Constructed Crevasses Obey Delta Laws? Implications for the Restoration of the Mississippi River Delta
 

Event Title

Do Constructed Crevasses Obey Delta Laws? Implications for the Restoration of the Mississippi River Delta

Faculty Mentor

Ioannis Y. Georgiou

Location

Orchestra Room, Angelle Hall

Start Date

12-4-2014 10:45 AM

End Date

12-4-2014 11:45 AM

Description

This research will test if constructed crevasses obey delta-scaling laws, and examine whether successful or failed crevasses have comparable shapes, and utilize results to develop simple predictive tools. We populated a database of large deltas and added thirteen crevasses in Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Data was obtained using geospatial tools (ArcGIS and Google Earth®) and image analysis, while channel depths were obtained from CPRA. Crevasse geometry exponentially decreases with bifurcation order; hence distance to the mouth bar versus bifurcation order is a reasonable first order estimate. Most crevasses in the Mississippi River Delta appear to obey delta growth laws.

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Apr 12th, 10:45 AM Apr 12th, 11:45 AM

Do Constructed Crevasses Obey Delta Laws? Implications for the Restoration of the Mississippi River Delta

Orchestra Room, Angelle Hall

This research will test if constructed crevasses obey delta-scaling laws, and examine whether successful or failed crevasses have comparable shapes, and utilize results to develop simple predictive tools. We populated a database of large deltas and added thirteen crevasses in Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Data was obtained using geospatial tools (ArcGIS and Google Earth®) and image analysis, while channel depths were obtained from CPRA. Crevasse geometry exponentially decreases with bifurcation order; hence distance to the mouth bar versus bifurcation order is a reasonable first order estimate. Most crevasses in the Mississippi River Delta appear to obey delta growth laws.