Mathur, Anuradha.
Mississippi Floods : designing a shifting landscape. / txt
Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha.
- xv, 161 p. ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. book
Include index.
Contents: Preface xi -- Introduction 1 -- Greenville Bends / Yazoo Delta Meanders 29 Blues Meanders -- Engineered Curves -- Depositing Depth -- Lateral Moves -- Raising Hollers -- Extending Horizons -- Draining Waters -- Flooding Soil -- Basin 13 Basin/Model / Mississippi Basin -- Old River Control / Atchafalaya Floodway Flows 69 -- Arresting Time -- Dividing Floods -- Spreading Waters -- Acadian Flows -- Leveling Discourse -- Moving Sediment -- Banks 97 Baton Rouge to New Orleans / River Corridor -- Cultivating Banks -- Crevassing Levees -- Channeling Crossings -- Floating Matters -- Ranging Sights -- Beds 125 The Passes / Birdfoot Delta -- Passing Depth -- Eroding Continent -- Piloting Exchange -- Gathering Basin -- Epilogue 151 -- Notes 154 -- Index 159 --
ISBN: 0300084307
Subjects--Personal Names: Mathur, Anuradha--Exhibitions. Cunha, Dilip da--Exhibitions.
Subjects--Topical Terms: Landscape assessment--Mississippi River Valley.
Subjects--Geographic Terms: Mississippi River Valley--In art--Exhibitions.
LC Class. No.: N6537.M3943 / M38 2001
Dewey Class. No.: 917.7/02