Sediment Transport and Water Quality of a Dredge Pit on Louisiana Shelf for Coastal Restoration


Kehui Xu1, Sibel Bargu2, Samuel J Bentley3, Bridgette Duplantis4, Chunyan Li5, Kanchan Maiti5, Michael D. Miner6, John R White7, Carol Wilson8, Z. George Xue5, Monique Boudreaux9, Guandong Li10, Haoran Liu9, Yanda Ou9, Laura Thompson8 and Zehao Xue11, (1)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (4)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (formally Minerals Management Service), New Orleans, United States, (5)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (6)The Water Institute of the Gulf, New Orleans, LA, United States, (7)Louisiana State University, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (8)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (9)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (10)Tulane University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States, (11)Louisiana State University, Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States