Proceedings of the eighth dredging seminar.

This volume of 10 papers constitutes the Proceedings of the Eighth Dredging Seminar held in Houston, Texas on November 8, 1975. Titles include: Physical factors affecting dredging material islands in a shallow water environment; A new concept for dredged material disposal; Dredging operations in the Galveston District; Dredge material containment in nylon bags in the construction of mini-projects for beach stabilization vessel traffic system Houston-Galveston; The national dredging study; An investigation of the environmental impacts associated with the disposal of dredged material at the offshore disposal site, Galveston, Texas; Use of remote sensing in evaluating turbidity plumes; hydrologic and sedimentologic study of the offshore dredge disposal area, Savannah, Georgia; and Aquatic disposal of dredged material, release of contaminants during and after disposal.