Consequences of sea level rise: Implications from the mississippi delta

Coastal Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 241-257

  Day, J W ^a   Templet, P H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mississippi; Sea level rise; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DELTA; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL RISE; WATERLOGGING; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

USA, MISSISSIPPI;

EID: 0024799572     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920758909362088     Document Type: Article

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