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Subsidence and Fault Activation Related to Fluid Energy Production, Gulf Coast Basin Project

Subsidence Related to Fluid Energy Production Home Introduction: Project Overview Investigators Research Objectives: Production Parameters Reservoir Parameters Framework Ground Characterization Geophysical Methods Land Loss Natural Subsidence & Sea-Level Rise Publications Project Contact: Bob Morton

Publications Trends and Causes of Historical Wetland Loss, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Southwest Louisiana - presentation (4 MB PDF), presented at South-Central Section, GSA 45th Annual Meeting, 2011 Recent subsidence-rate reductions in the Mississippi Delta and their geological implications - Journal of Coastal Research v. 26, p. 555-561 Quantifying large-scale historical formation of accommodation space in the Mississippi Delta - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms v.35, p. 1625-1641 Recent Subsidence and Erosion at Diverse Wetland Sites in the Southeastern Mississippi Delta Plain - USGS Open File Report 2009-1158 Simple Methods for Evaluating Accommodation Space Formation in Coastal Wetlands - Wetlands 29(3):997-1003. 2009 Subsidence, Wetland Loss, and Hydrocarbon Production in the Mississippi Delta Plain - presentation, presented at GSA 2008 Recent Reductions of Subsidence Rates in the Mississippi River Delta Plain - presentation, presented at GSA 2008 Recent Reduction of Subsidence Rates in the Mississippi River Delta Plain - poster (17.8 MB PDF), Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) Meeting 2008 Evidence of regional subsidence and associated interior wetland loss induced by hydrocarbon production, Gulf Coast region, USA - originally appeared as an article in Environmental Geology (2006) Historical Subsidence and Wetland Loss in the Mississippi Delta Plain - originally appeared as an article in Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (2005) Rapid Subsidence and Historical Wetland Loss in the Mississippi Delta Plain: Likely Causes and Future Implications - USGS Open File Report 2005-1216 Causes of hot-spot wetland loss in the Mississippi delta plain - originally appeared as an article in Environmental Geosciences Probable Production Induced Subsidence, Fault Reactivation, and Wetland Loss in the Gulf Coast Region - Presentation by USGS scientist Robert Morton Subsurface Controls on Historical Subsidence Rates and Associated Wetland Loss in Southcentral Louisiana - originally appeared as an article in Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions Primary Causes of Wetland Loss at Madison Bay, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana - USGS Open File Report 03-60 Shallow Stratigraphic Evidence of Subsidence and Faulting Induced by Hydrocarbon Production in Coastal Southeast Texas - USGS Open File Report 01-274 Wetland Subsidence, Fault Reactivation, and Hydrocarbon Production in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region - USGS Fact Sheet FS-091-01 Adobe Reader or similar software is required to view PDF documents. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader, free of charge.

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