Depositional and pedogenic influences on the environmental geology of Holocene Mississippi River floodplain deposits near Ferriday, Louisiana

Engineering Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 417-432

  Aslan, Andres ^a,c   Autin, Whitney J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; LAND USE; MINERALOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT; FLUID MIGRATION; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT; FLUID MIGRATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; IRON-RICH; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS;

USA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

EID: 0030377822     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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