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Thin Layer Placement
Thin Layer Placement broadly encompasses the purposeful placement of sediment or dredged material in a manner that produces a specific layer thickness or ground surface elevation necessary to achieving the overall project objectives. In TLP projects, the layer thickness typically ranges from a few centimeters to some fraction of a meter, depending upon the variation in ground surface or water levels at the site, and the functional objectives the placement is intended to achieve.
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Wetland Restoration
Thin layer placement has been applied to achieve multiple objectives, including wetland restoration….
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Estuarine Habitat
…re-establishment of estuarine habitat (photo from HDR (2009) “Recovery Act: Restoring Estuarine Habitat in West Galveston Bay Technical Design Memorandum”, prepared for Texas General Land Office, NOAA and Texas Parks and Wildlife)….
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Shoreline Change
…offsetting shoreline changes (photo from HDR (2009) “Recovery Act: Restoring Estuarine Habitat in West Galveston Bay Technical Design Memorandum”, prepared for Texas General Land Office, NOAA and Texas Parks and Wildlife – data provided by University of Texas -- Bureau of Economic Geology)….
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Sediment Budgeting
…. and sediment budgeting (photo from Byrnes et al (2013) “Sediment Dynamics in Mobile Bay, Alabama: Development of an Operational Sediment Budget” – permission pending”, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile, AL).
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