| Abstract: | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested the U.S. Geological Survey to collect data on the Colorado River at Matagorda, Texas , to determine the total sediment discharge into Matagorda Bay if all the water from the Colorado River were diverted into the bay. Data were collected from two floods (May 4-7, and June 7-11 , 1979) with peak discharges of 24,900 cubic feet per second and 40,900 cubic feet per second. The total suspended-sediment discharge from the first flood was approximately 201,000 tons, and the total suspended-sediment discharge from the second flood was 630,000 tons. The volume of sediment from these two floods was approximately 970 acre-feet with approximately 20 acre-feet of this total being the bed load. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Welborn, Clarence T.; Andrews, Freeman L. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 21 leaves : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 80-1177 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Sediment and water discharge of the Colorado River at Matagorda, Texas : May 4-7, and June 7-11, 1979; 1980; OFR; 80-1177; Welborn, Clarence T.; Andrews, Freeman L. |
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| Text: | Sediment and water discharge of the Colorado River at Matagorda, Texas : May 4-7, and June 7-11, 1979; 1980; OFR; 80-1177; Welborn, Clarence T.; Andrews, Freeman L. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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