Impacting factors and cumulative impacts by midcentury on wetlands in the louisiana coastal area

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1029-1051

  Bjerstedt, Thomas W ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

basement structure; basin analysis; coastal restoration; hurricanes; land loss; Louisiana coastal area; National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); sea level rise; subsidence; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN ANALYSIS; CANAL; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMPACTION; DATA SET; DREDGING; FLOOD CONTROL; HURRICANE; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SPILL; PIPELINE; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC DATA; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WETLAND;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855212430     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00008.1     Document Type: Article

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