Case Study
Innovative Stabilization Of Loess Bluff Along Mississippi River
PROJECT PROFILE The 200-foot-high loess bluffs above the Mississippi River in Natchez, Mis- sissippi have experienced frequent landslides which have resulted in sig- nificant losses of property along the crest of the bluffs and the loss of two lives in 1980. Phase Three of the Natchez Bluff Stabilization Project pre- sented one of the most problematic ar- eas for bluff stabilization. Regression of the bluff crest in this section resulte