A Dutch geoscience perspective on the Katrina disaster

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-315

  Tornqvist T E ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta plan; Global change; Hurricane Katrina; Mississippi Delta; Subsidence; Wetland loss

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NATURAL HAZARD; STORM SURGE; SUBSIDENCE;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049041907     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600077878     Document Type: Article

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