If the Old River Control Structure were to fail and allow the Mississippi River to carve a new path to the Gulf of Mexico, extremely damaging short-term and long-term impacts costing hundreds of ...

For the second year in a row, the Mississippi River is at historically low levels. ... PARKER: Preparing is what geology professor Tor Tornqvist with Tulane University recommends.

The Mississippi River is designed as a self-scouring channel, with the water flowing at a rate high enough to kick sediment out into the Gulf of Mexico and away from Louisiana’s starving wetlands.

From LSU’s announcement of the findings, which will be published in the June 1 issue of the journal Marine Geology, and appeared online Tuesday:. During the 20th century, thousands of dams were ...

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the longest contiguous river refuge in the continental U.S., spanning 261 river miles from Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island, Illinois.

Geology experts to start drilling for new Mississippi River bridge. Sep 3, 2008. Updated Sep 3, 2008 12:32pm CDT. Back to Top . St. Louis ...

Next ponder the fact that the Mississippi River within Minneapolis includes the 200-foot-high St. Anthony waterfall (modified in the mid-20th century by a concrete retaining walls plus locks to ...

Satellite images show the Mississippi River at Memphis before and after floodwaters crested. ... the geology of the Mississippi basin and human interference, from paved towns to levees. On May 10, ...

Should Louisiana's $2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project be built, at full capacity it could move 40,000 tons of clay, silt and sand per day from the Mississippi River into the ...

Geology Hells Canyon caves reveal unexpected finding about America's deepest gorge. ... The AHPS projected that the Mississippi River would remain at major flood stage until at least May 15.