Effect of Vessel Size on Shoreline and Shore Structure Damage Along the Great Lakes Connecting Channels.

• Main Author: Wuebben,J L
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *Water traffic; *Damage; Great Lakes; Rivers; Inland waterways; Channels(Waterways); Shores; Soil erosion; Waterfront structures; Damage; Ice; Cargo ships; Sizes(Dimensions); River ice; Drawdown; Detroit; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA134887; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA134887

In conjunction with the Great Lakes connecting channels and harbors study, this report examines the potential damage to the shore and shore structures due to an increase in vessel size. The areas considered in this report are the United States shorelines along the St. Marys, St. Clair and Detroit ri...