Holocene evolution of the western Louisiana-Texas Coast, USA response to sea-level rise and climate change /
"The Western Louisiana and Texas coast is vulnerable to sea-level rise due to low gradients, high subsidence, and depleted sediment supply. This Memoir describes the response of coastal environments to variable rates of sea-level rise and sediment supply during Holocene to modern time. This vol...
| Main Author: | Anderson, John B., 1944- |
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| Other Authors: | Wallace, Davin J.,, Rodriguez, Antonio B.,, Simms, Alexander R.,, Milliken, Kristy T., |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boulder, Colorado :
The Geological Society of America,
2022.
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| Physical Description: |
iv, 81 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm. |
| Series: |
Memoir (Geological Society of America) ;
221. |
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| Summary: |
"The Western Louisiana and Texas coast is vulnerable to sea-level rise due to low gradients, high subsidence, and depleted sediment supply. This Memoir describes the response of coastal environments to variable rates of sea-level rise and sediment supply during Holocene to modern time. This volume is a wake-up call about the potential magnitude of coastal change over decadal to centennial time scales"-- |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references. Study area -- Sea level history -- Data sets and methods -- Radiocarbon dating -- Results -- Late Pleistocene coastal evolution -- MIS 5-2 sea level fall and lowstand -- MIS 2-1 transgression -- Sand banks -- Offshore Trinity and Sabine incised river valleys -- Coastal Trinity, Sabine, and Calcasieu valleys -- Western Louisiana Chenier Plain -- East Texas Barrier system -- The Brazos-Colorado fluvial-deltaic systems -- The central Texas coast -- The south Texas coast -- Discussion -- Coastal response to climate change and decreasing sea-level rise -- Controls on coastal evolution -- Antecendent topography -- Sea level rise -- Sediment supply and dispersal -- Oceanographic influences and the Texas Mud Blanket -- Impacts from severe storms -- Anthropogenic impacts -- Ongoing and future change -- Wetland and bay impacts -- Coastal barriers -- Conclusions. "The Western Louisiana and Texas coast is vulnerable to sea-level rise due to low gradients, high subsidence, and depleted sediment supply. This Memoir describes the response of coastal environments to variable rates of sea-level rise and sediment supply during Holocene to modern time. This volume is a wake-up call about the potential magnitude of coastal change over decadal to centennial time scales"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Physical Description: |
iv, 81 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780813712215 0813712211 |