Holocene evolution of the deltaic plain: A perspective - From Fisk to present

Engineering Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 113-138

  Roberts, Harry H ^a   Coleman, James M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RIVER DIVERSION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

DELTA ABANDONMENT; DELTA SWITCHING; DELTAIC GEOLOGY; DELTAIC PLAINS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTARY LOADING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

BASE LEVEL CHANGE; DELTA EVOLUTION; FISK, H.N.; HOLOCENE PROCESSES;

USA, MISSISSIPPI DELTA;

EID: 0042729917     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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