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 Maiti6, Michael D. Miner7, John R White8, Carol Wilson9, Z George Xue6, Monique Boudreaux10, Guandong Li11, Haoran Liu10, Yanda Ou10, Laura Thompson9 and Zehao Xue12, (1)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge, LA, 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, College of the Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge, United States, (6)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (7)The Water Institute of the Gulf, New Orleans, LA, United States, (8)Louisiana State University, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (9)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (10)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (11)Tulane University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States, (12)Louisiana State University, Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States