Environmental impacts of sand exploitation. Analysis of sand market

MD Gavriletea - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Sand is an indispensable natural resource for any society. Despite society's increasing
dependence on sand, there are major challenges that this industry needs to deal with …

Sediment infilling and geomorphological change of a mud-capped Raccoon Island dredge pit near Ship Shoal of Louisiana shelf

H Liu, K Xu, C Wilson - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020 - Elsevier
To restore degraded barrier shorelines of the Mississippi River Delta of coastal Louisiana,
sand is dredged from high-quality borrow areas on the adjacent continental shelf. This …

Environmental Impacts of Sand Exploitation. Analysis of Sand Market.

M Dan Gavriletea - Sustainability (2071-1050), 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
Sand is an indispensable natural resource for any society. Despite society's increasing
dependence on sand, there are major challenges that this industry needs to deal with …

A two decadal (1993–2012) numerical assessment of sediment dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Z Zang, ZG Xue, K Xu, SJ Bentley, Q Chen, EJ D'Sa… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
We adapted the coupled ocean-sediment transport model to the northern Gulf of Mexico to
examine sediment dynamics on seasonal-to-decadal time scales as well as its response to …

Shift in the quantitative relationship between sedimentary records and catchment floods influenced by dam construction

S Liu, H Sheng, T Liu, Z Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Shi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Interpretation of sedimentary records is a crucial method for studying paleo-floods.
However, the response intensity of sedimentary records to floods may be altered by …

Sediment transport near ship shoal for coastal restoration in the Louisiana shelf: A model estimate of the year 2017–2018

H Liu, K Xu, Y Ou, R Bales, Z Zang, ZG Xue - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ship Shoal has been a high-priority target sand resource for dredging activities to restore the
eroding barrier islands in LA, USA. The Caminada and Raccoon Island pits were dredged …

Hurricanes as a major driver of coastal erosion in the Mississippi River Delta: a multi-decadal analysis of shoreline retreat rates at Bay Champagne, Louisiana (USA)

ME Dietz, K Liu, TA Bianchette - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Louisiana shoreline is rapidly retreating as a result of factors such as sea-level rise and
land subsidence. The northern Gulf of Mexico coast is also a hotspot for hurricane landfalls …

Diversity and composition of macrobenthic community associated with sandy shoals of the Louisiana continental shelf

S Dubois, CG Gelpi, RE Condrey, MA Grippo… - Biodiversity and …, 2009 - Springer
Along the Louisiana, USA continental shelf, sandy shoals are shallow, possibly oxygen-rich
“islands” surrounded by deeper muddy deposits prone to hypoxia. Shoals also contain …

Discovery, evaluation, and implications of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, spawning, hatching, and foraging grounds in federal (US) waters offshore of Louisiana

CG Gelpi Jr, RE Condrey, JW Fleeger… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Although blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, are ecologically important
predators and support the world's most valuable crab fishery, little is known about their …

Different response of hydrodynamics and near-bottom sediment transport to a cold front in the Changjiang Estuary and its submerged delta

X Wu, W **e, N Zhang, L Guo, Q He - Journal of Marine Systems, 2025 - Elsevier
Cold fronts are expected to exert a significant impact on hydrodynamics and sediment
dynamics in estuaries, but the exact influence remains insufficiently understood. In this …