Influence of the Atchafalaya River on recent evolution of the chenier-plain inner continental shelf, northern Gulf of Mexico

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-112

  Draut, A E ^a   Kineke, G C ^b   Velasco, D W ^c   Allison, M A ^d   Prime, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SonTek/YSI Inc   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chenier plain; Coastal sediment; Continental shelf stratigraphy; Gulf of Mexico; Louisiana; Mississippi Delta; USA

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FACIES; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHENIER PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10644270911     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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