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Erosion Around a Pier - Diagram and 3D animations about how water flows through scour holes, causing bridge collapse.
www.flow3d.com/appl/scour.htm
Scour and Countermeasures - Detailed report by the 1998 European Scanning Summary on the effects of scour on river structures, how to prevent scour and how to deal with scour.
www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/scan-txt.htm
Scour at Bridges - - What's it All About? - Single page with brief explanation of scour, and one photograph.
ma.water.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/scour.htm
Scouring About to Predict the Next Bridge Collapse - Short article about the effects of scour on bridge failure.
teesweb.tamu.edu/tcd/archive/fy99/1999.153.shtml
Stream Stability and Scour Assessment at Bridges in Pennsylvania - Journal article about scour and scour assessment in Pennsylvania, with diagrams and drawings.
pa.water.usgs.gov/projects/bridge_scour
The Scour Problem - Discussion about the occurance of scour and how to deal with it. Contains photographs and diagrams.
www.bullen.co.uk/services/scour.htm
Using Surface Geophysics for Bridge Scour Detection - Large single page with several photographs and diagrams.
water.usgs.gov/ogw/bgas/scour/index.html