Coastal & Marine Geology Program > Subsidence and Fault Activation Project > Causes of Hot-Spot Wetland Loss in the Mississippi Delta Plain

Causes of hot-spot wetland loss in the Mississippi delta plain by Robert A. Morton, Ginger Tiling, and Nicholas F. Ferina Printable Version: open this 10-page publication in Acrobat® Reader 3 MB PDF "Causes of hot-spot wetland loss in the Mississippi delta plain" appeared as an article in Environmental Geosciences. The article is an ten-page discussion of the rapid acceleration and unexpected decline in wetland losses in the Mississippi delta plain and the close temporal and spatial correlations among regional wetland loss, high subsidence rates, and large-volume fluid production from nearby hydrocarbon fields. NOTE: You will need to have the free Adobe Acrobat® Reader (v3.0 or higher) installed on your computer to view and print this publication. Once you have Adobe Acrobat® Reader installed, click the "3 MB PDF" link for the print version.

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