Mississippi River delta plain, Louisiana coast, and inner shelf Holocene geologic framework, processes, and resources

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume III, Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 175-193

  Williams, S Jeffress ^a   Kulp, Mark ^b   Penland, Shea ^b   Kindinger, Jack L ^a   Flocks, James G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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