Richard A. McLauglin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist

Water Quality Protection

Soil Science Department

North Carolina State University

Welcome to Richard McLaughlin's Home Page, covering his research and extension activities in the Soil Science Department at North Carolina State University.

Current Projects:


Erosion Basics 1: Introduction 1.24 Mb (93 files)
Erosion Basics 2: Erosion and Soils 2.11 Mb (125 files)
Erosion Basics 3: Rills and Gullies 13.2 Mb (104 files)
Erosion Basics 4: Practices Overview 11.8 Mb (118 files)



Recent Publications:

Minimizing Water Quality Impacts of Mountain Contstruction Projects

Polyacrylamie Use for Erosion and Turbidity Control on Construction Sites

Hydrodynamic Assessment of Various Types of Baffles in a Sediment Pond

Hydrodynamic and Sediment Capture Assessment of Various Baffles in a Sediment Pond

Sediment Capture Effectiveness of Various Baffle Types in a Sediment Retention Pond

Videos

Testing Gravel Inlet Protection in an Artificial Channel 2.5 Mb

Sediment Trap (Rock Outlet) Testing Under Controlled Conditions 1.8 Mb

Porous Baffles plus Skimmer to Maximize Sediment Capture (FlocJuteSkim) 4.5 Mb


CALS Water Quality Page:  http://www.water.ncsu.edu/index.html
Water Resources Research Institute: http://www2.ncsu.edu:8010/ncsu/CIL/WRRI/
Soil and Water Environmental Technology Center http://www.water.ncsu.edu/swetc/index.html

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Recent Theses (links to NCSU Library with option to obtain PDF file)

Thaxton, Christopher S. Investigations of grain size dependent sediment transport phenomena on multiple scales.
http://catalog.lib.ncsu.edu/web2/tramp2.exe/authority_hits/A052khg1.007?server=1home&item=2&hitlist_screen=hitlist_standard.html

Bartholomew, Nathaniel. Polyacrylamide for turbidity control in runoff [electronic resource] : effects of polyacrylamide, soil, and solution properties.
http://catalog.lib.ncsu.edu/web2/tramp2.exe/authority_hits/A052khg1.001?server=webhome&item=53&hitlist_screen=hitlist_standard.html

Hayes, Sara A. Polyacrylamide use for erosion and turbidity control on construction sites.
http://catalog.lib.ncsu.edu/web2/tramp2.exe/authority_hits/A052khg1.005?server=1home&item=2&hitlist_screen=hitlist_standard.html