Water-quality, bed-sediment, and discharge data for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and adjacent waterways, southeastern Louisiana, August 2008 through December 2009

Swarzenski, Christopher M.; Mize, Scott V.; Lovelace, John K.

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The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet navigation channel (MRGO) was constructed in the early 1960s to provide a safer and shorter route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Port of New Orleans for deep-draft, ocean-going vessels and to promote the economic development of the Port of New Orleans. In 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed a plan to de-authorize the MRGO. The plan called for a rock barrier to be constructed across the MRGO near Bayou La Loutre. In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Louisiana Coastal Area Science and Technology Program began a study to document the impacts of the rock barrier on water-quality and flow before, during, and after its construction. Water-quality, bed-sediment, and discharge data were collected in the MRGO and adjacent water bodies from August 2008 through December 2009.

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USGS Numbered Series

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70038275

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Swarzenski, Christopher M.; Mize, Scott V.; Lovelace, John K.

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Louisiana Water Science Center

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English

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0301000

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0292500

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-0891000

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-0900500

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vi, 52 p.

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Prepared in cooperation with the Louisiana Coastal Area Science and Technology Program

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Open-File Report

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OFR

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2012-1056

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Water-quality, bed-sediment, and discharge data for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and adjacent waterways, southeastern Louisiana, August 2008 through December 2009; 2012; OFR; 2012-1056; Swarzenski, Christopher M.; Mize, Scott V.; Lovelace, John K.