Master WWW page Ellet, Charles. Report on the overflows of the delta of the Mississippi. AB Hamilton, 1852. Humphreys, A. A., & Abbot, H. L. (1861). Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi river: Upon the protection of the alluvial…
Category: Geologic History
Natural Cycles and the Mississippi Delta – A Voice Annotated Slideshow
Virtual Guest Lecturer. Using Natural Cycles to Make Better Decisions about Adaptation to Climate Change: The Future of the Louisiana Coast. Mercer Law School, March 2015 – YouTube The slides
Historical Narrative And Topographical Description of Louisiana And West-Florida – 1784
The delta has been changing since long before dams and levees. Thomas Hutchins (1730-1789) writes in 1784 at page 25: Below New Orleans the land begins to be very low on both sides of the river across the country, and gradually…
An Introduction to the Environmental Literature of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain Region
An Introduction to the Environmental Literature of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain Region This report is a review of selected environmental literature of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain Region . This review introduces some of the major ecosystem components and processes, describes…
Subsidence in coastal Louisiana: causes, rates, and effects on wetlands – 1983
Boesch, D. F., D. Levin, D. Nummedal, and K. Bowles. 1983. Subsidence in coastal Louisiana: causes, rates, and effects on wetlands. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Biological Services, Washington, DC. FWS/OBS-83/26. 30 pp. Summary Coastal wetlands are being…
Geological investigation of the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River
While some of the conclusions of this report are dated, the beautiful maps of the evolution of the river are the best illustration of the dynamic nature of river deltas. The maps are known as meander maps. Fisk, H.N., 1944,…