. Coastal Geography Conference. Coasts. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA MARSHLANDS Robert C. Treadwell Coastal Studies Institute Louisiana State University Contract N7onr-35608 TaskNR 388-002 The area under consideration, the easternmost Louisiana marshlands, is outlined on Fig. 1. It is one of five areas into which the Louisiana coastal marshlands project has been divided. The western part is low marsh, broken by many lakes, bayous, and a few natural levee ridges. To the east are ten to fifteen miles of open water of Chandeleur and Breton Sounds boumded on their seaward side by the low, discontinuous,
. Coastal Geography Conference. Coasts. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA MARSHLANDS Robert C. Treadwell Coastal Studies Institute Louisiana State University Contract N7onr-35608 TaskNR 388-002 The area under consideration, the easternmost Louisiana marshlands, is outlined on Fig. 1. It is one of five areas into which the Louisiana coastal marshlands project has been divided. The western part is low marsh, broken by many lakes, bayous, and a few natural levee ridges. To the east are ten to fifteen miles of open water of Chandeleur and Breton Sounds boumded on their seaward side by the low, discontinuous, sandy Chandeleur Islands, The area is a former subdelta of the Mississippi River and is now abandoned. Aided by subsidence and eastward tilt, land is retreating before the attack of the sea. r s A-,. Figure 1. 31. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coastal Geography Conference. [S. l. ] : Office of Naval Research
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