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Jan 1961
Underseepage and its Control: A Symposium: Investigation of Underseepage - Mississippi River Levees
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Volume 126, Issue 1
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The studies reported here in include a compilation of past underseepage reports; exploration and geological studies of numerous sites where underseepage was a serious problem in 1937; installation of piezometers at selected sites to measure substratum pressures; field pumping tests to determine the permeability of the sand aquifer; theoretical, model, and prototype studies of relief wells, partial cutoffs, and landside berms for controlling under see page; and observation and measurement of natural see page during the 1950 high water.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 126 • Issue 1 • January 1961
Pages: 1429 - 1481
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© 1961 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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W. J. Turnbull, F.ASCE
Chf., Soils Div., U. S. Army Engr. Water ways Experiment Sta., Vicksburg, Miss.
C. I. Mansur, F.ASCE
Vice-Pres., Fruco Engr. Co., a subsidiary of Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co., St. Louis, Mo.; formerly Chf., Geology, Soils, and Materials Br., Engr. Div., Mississippi River Comm., Corps of Engrs., U. S. Army, Vicksburg, Miss.
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