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Rapid Subsidence and Historical Wetland Loss in the Mississippi Delta Plain: Likely Causes and Future Implications Robert A. Morton, Julie C. Bernier, John A. Barras, and Nicholas F. Ferina USGS Open File Report 2005-1216 Printable Version: open this 124-page publication in Acrobat® Reader 6.7 MB PDF Five representative areas of the Mississippi River delta plain were investigated using remote images, marsh elevations, water depths, sediment cores, and radiocarbon dates to estimate the timing, magnitudes, and relative rates of marsh erosion and land subsidence at geological and historical time scales. 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 "6.7 MB PDF" link for the print version. Text version of "Rapid Subsidence and Historical Wetland Loss in the Mississippi Delta Plain: Likely Causes and Future Implications": Open this file in any text editing program.

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