A three-dimensional surface velocity field for the Mississippi Delta: Implications for coastal restoration and flood potential

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 519-522

  Karegar, Makan A ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^a   Malservisi, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GAGES; RESTORATION; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE; TIDE GAGES; VELOCITY; WETLANDS;

COASTAL RESTORATIONS; COMBINED EFFECT; FLOOD POTENTIAL; LAND SUBSIDENCE; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE; WETLAND RESTORATION;

LAND RECLAMATION;

COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODING; RECLAIMED LAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; SUBSIDENCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDE GAUGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GRAND ISLE; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929622821     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36598.1     Document Type: Article

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