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The 1963-64 Lake Mead Survey

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Title The 1963-64 Lake Mead Survey
 
Creator Lara, J. M.
Sanders, J. I.
Bureau of Reclamation
 
Description The 1963-64 Lake Mead survey was run to compute the reservoir capacity. Results of the geodetic and hydrographic surveys and sediment sampling equipment are described. The geodetic survey showed Hoover Dam subsided an average of 118 mm since 1935. Sonic sounding, photogrammetry, and crosssectional profiling methods were used to run the hydrographic survey. Reservoir area and capacity tables were generated using an electronic computer. The present lake capacity is 29,755,000 acre-ft and the...
 
Date 1970-08-01
 
Type text
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/45
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1050&context=water_pubs
 
Source Publications (WR)
 
Publisher Digital Scholarship@UNLV
 
Subject Lake Mead (Ariz. and Nev.)
Evaporation measurement
Lake conservation
Sedimentation and deposition
Hoover Dam (Ariz. And Vev.)
Sonar
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Sciences
Fluid Dynamics
Geology
Natural Resources and Conservation
Soil Science
 
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