Dual Benefits

41- Discusses the use of the dredged materials from the Houston Ship Channel to create wetlands and islands in Galveston Bay, Texas. Benefits from wetlands; Engineering challenges of the project; Description of Bird Island, built in north Bolivar Peninsula; Construction of the oyster reef habitat in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krueger D
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: American Society of Civil Engineers 2001
Subjects:
CHANNELS (Hydraulic engineering) > Texas
DREDGING
Galveston Bay
HOUSTON Ship Channel (Tex.)
OFFSHORE structures
Oyster
TEXAS
Bird Island
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23710
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Summary:41- Discusses the use of the dredged materials from the Houston Ship Channel to create wetlands and islands in Galveston Bay, Texas. Benefits from wetlands; Engineering challenges of the project; Description of Bird Island, built in north Bolivar Peninsula; Construction of the oyster reef habitat in the middle of Galveston Bay http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm

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