Suspended sediment plays a critical role in riverine ecosystem health and river processes
and is respondent to human alterations such as dams and increased land use. Gavins Point …

Sediment budgets of the Lower Missouri River were developed in a study led by the US
Geological Survey in cooperation with the US Army Corps of Engineers. The scope of the …

Trends in loads and concentrations of suspended sediment and suspended sand generally
were downward for stations within the Mississippi River Basin during the 60-, 34-, and 12 …

Questions concerning past, present, and future temporal trends in the sediment load of the
Lower Mississippi River are of great importance because the redistribution of available …

Abstract Before 1900, the Missouri–Mississippi River system transported an estimated 400
million metric tons per year of sediment from the interior of the United States to coastal …

Abstract Floodwater in the Missouri River in 2011 originated in upper-basin regions and
tributaries, and then travelled through a series of large flood-control reservoirs, setting …

Sediment-laden rivers and streams pose substantial environmental and economic
challenges. Excessive sediment transport in rivers causes problems for flood control, soil …

There is much to be gained from investigating sediment dynamics in the lower Mississippi
system, the largest river in terms of discharge and sediment load in North America. Such …

Accurate measurements of fluvial sediment are important for assessing stream ecological
health, calculating flood levels, computing sediment budgets, and managing and protecting …

The Lower Mississippi River, extending from Cairo, Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, annually
transports approximately 170 million tonnes of sediment. Historically, the quantity and …