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Oct 14, 2011

Discussion of “Simulated Wave-Induced Erosion of the Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Levees during Hurricane Katrina” by Rune Storesund, Robert G. Bea, and Yuli Huang

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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 137Issue 6November 2011
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Received: Nov 1, 2010
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Published online: Oct 14, 2011
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Bruce A. Ebersole, M.ASCE [email protected]
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. E-mail: [email protected]
Robert G. Dean, Dist.M.ASCE [email protected]
Professor, Emeritus, Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. E-mail: [email protected]
Steven A. Hughes, M.ASCE [email protected]
Retired; formerly, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]

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