Geomorphic Classification of Coastal Land Loss between 1932 and 1990 in the Mississippi River Delta Plain, Southeastern Louisiana

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Shea Penland (UNO)
Originator: Lynda Wayne (LSU)
Originator: L.D. Britsch (USACOE)
Originator: S. Jeffress Williams (USGS)
Originator: Andrew D. Beall (UNO)
Originator: Victoria Caridas Butterworth (Plaquemines Parish Govt.)
Publication_Date: 20010907
Title:
Geomorphic Classification of Coastal Land Loss between 1932 and 1990 in the Mississippi River Delta Plain, Southeastern Louisiana
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-417
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-417>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: J.M. Reid
Originator: V. Cross
Originator: C. Polloni
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: Coastal Erosion and Wetland Change: Selected USGS Products
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: 79
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79>
Description:
Abstract:
The dramatic loss of Louisiana's coastal wetlands and barrier shorelines is well recognized by government agencies, industries, universities, and the public. Between 1932 and 1990, the deltaic plain of the Mississippi River lost over 680,000 acres of land due to a complex suite of causes. Controversy and debate continues as to the causes of coastal land loss in Louisiana. Estimates of the human contribution of man to the land loss problem ranges between 10 percent and 90 percent (Britsch and Kemp, 1990; Penland et al., 1990, Penland et al., 1992; Turner, 1997). Several government agencies and industries have been targeted as the primary agent of coastal land loss including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the oil and gas industry. The role of natural processes and the multiple causality of the coastal land loss problem often have been overlooked (Boesch et al., 1994). In an effort to further our understanding and knowledge of the coastal land loss problem in Louisiana, the Gas Research Institute (GRI) sponsored a research project through the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) entitled "Natural and Human Causes of Coastal Land Loss in Louisiana" in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The study team consisted of scientists from GRI, ANL, Louisiana State University (LSU), University of New Orleans (UNO), USGS, USACE, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON).

This study focused on three major land loss research tasks: 1.) Geologic Processes, 2.) Vegetative processes, and 3.) Spatial Geographical Information System (GIS) Analysis.

Through these research tasks, the objectives of this study are to quantify and rank the causes of coastal land loss within the Mississippi River delta plain in southeastern Louisiana. This study took advantage of continuing research by the USGS in framework geology and subsidence processes, and the USACE in GIS analysis, framework geology, and subsidence processes (Dunbar et al., 1990, Dunbar et al., 1992, Britsch and Dunbar, 1993; Williams et al., 1993). The geological processes task focused on the Holocene evolution of the Mississippi River delta plain in an effort to identify the regional geological controls on coastal land loss over the last 18,000 years. The vegetative processes task conducted field investigations into the role of salt-water intrusion and soil inundation in plant dieback. The GIS analysis task focused on quantifying the geomorphic forms and processes of coastal land loss using the USACE coastal land loss database. In this report, the results of the GIS geomorphic classification of coastal land loss are presented.

Purpose:
To release a version of this report that can be utilized in GIS (shapefile).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1932
Beginning_Time: 2000
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.814160
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.498417
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.912840
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: land loss
Theme_Keyword: geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: morphology
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: geomorphic
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Mississippi River
Place_Keyword: Delta Plain
Place_Keyword: southeastern Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Mississippi River Delta Plain
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Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
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Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dr. Shea Penland
Contact_Organization: Coastal Research Laboratory - University of New Orleans
Contact_Position: Professor, Director, Pontchartrain Institute
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Coastal Research Laboratory
Address: University of New Orleans
Address: 2000 Lakeshore Drive
City: New Orleans
State_or_Province: LA
Postal_Code: 70148
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 504-280-6325
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 504-280-7936
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: spenland@uno.edu
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Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid
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Address: Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 025453-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 457-2204
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Definition of areas of loss that occur independent of existing water bodies
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Contact_Person: Dr. Shea Penland
Contact_Organization: University of New Orleans
Contact_Position: Professor, Director, Pontchartrain Institute
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Address: Coastal Research Laboratory
Address: 2000 Lakeshore Drive
City: New Orleans
State_or_Province: LA
Postal_Code: 70148
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (504) 280-6325
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 280-7936
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Metadata_Date: 20030626
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid
Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)
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Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
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