Survey of Gulf Coast Structural Damage Resulting from Hurricane Camille, August, 1969 (open access)

Survey of Gulf Coast Structural Damage Resulting from Hurricane Camille, August, 1969

This report describes damage to structures by Hurricane Camille in qualitative terms, and with photographs. The investigation was carried out by a team sponsored by the Office of Civil Defense, and it includes conclusions and recommendations.
Date: 1970
Creator: Criswell, Marvin E. & Cummins, Reid S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hard Rock Silo Prototype Test Site Selection Investigations (open access)

Hard Rock Silo Prototype Test Site Selection Investigations

Abstract: Geologic field reconnaissance and geophysical evaluation of eight areas in the western part of the United States were made to locate a site for conducting tests of a prototype hard rock silo (HRS).
Date: April 1970
Creator: Kolb, Charles R.; Farrell, Warren J. & Curro, Joseph R., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correlation of Backswamp Sediments: Atchafalaya Test Section 6, Atchafalaya Levee System, Louisiana (open access)

Correlation of Backswamp Sediments: Atchafalaya Test Section 6, Atchafalaya Levee System, Louisiana

This report describes the results of a series of tests on soil borings taken in Atchafalaya Test Section VI, a 2000-ft-long portion of the Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee System in south-central Louisiana. The samples were tested to interpret the depositional layers in the foundations soils and to determine various engineering properties.
Date: May 1970
Creator: Krinitzsky, E. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Considered Lake Erie-Lake Ontario Waterway: Hydraulic Model Investigation (open access)

Considered Lake Erie-Lake Ontario Waterway: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Report describing the results of studies meant to provide "determination of the most functional and economical location for a lock in the vicinity of Buffalo, N. Y., and evaluation of navigation conditions at the entrance to an overland canal joining the American channel of the Niagara River northwest of North Tonawanda, N. Y." (p. ix).
Date: April 1970
Creator: Murphy, Thomas E.
System: The UNT Digital Library