Review Of Petrographic Studies Of Bed Material Mississippi River Its Tributaries And Offshore Areas Of Deposition

The ultimate purpose of sediment studies is to develop a workable knowledge of the basic principles controlling the transport of sediment in the Lower Mississippi River and to apply this knowledge toward effective and economical stabilization works for flood control and navigation. The more immediate purpose of this report, however, is to present the data that have been collected and analyzed to date (1929-1974) and to show what trends exist in the quantities and sizes of suspended and bed sediments for the Vicksburg District.

This paper has been prepared for two purposes: (a) for the Mississippi River Commission Potamology Board for a canvass of literature on river stabilization; and (b) for the Corps of Engineers Committee on Channel Stabilization, in compliance with OCE leter, 1 February 1962.