U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 79, >Coastal Erosion and Wetland Change in Louisiana: Selected USGS Products

U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-79, Coastal Erosion and Wetland Change in Louisiana: Selected USGS Products

Digital Maps

Barrier Island and Wetland Land Loss Classification:

Geomorphic Classifications of Coastal Land Loss.

PDF poster, 42 x 34 inches

Process Classification of Coastal Land Loss.

PDF poster, 42 x 33 inches

Geomorphic Classification of Coastal Land Loss between 1932 and 1990 in the Mississippi River Delta Plain, Southeastern Louisiana, USGS Open-File Report 00-417, PDF format.

Process Classification of Coastal Land Loss between 1932 and 1990 in the Mississippi River Delta Plain, Southeastern Louisiana, USGS Open-File Report 00-418, PDF format.

The Land loss maps are also available in a zipped EPS format:

OFR 00-417 (7 MB)
OFR 00-418 (8 MB)

Shoreline Change:

The following are shoreline change posters from the USGS Open-File Report 03-398 in PDF format for the Louisiana barrier islands. The Data Catalog includes the earliest shoreline used in the shoreline change calculations and the recent shorelines used except in the case of the North and South Chandeleur barrier islands. For these two areas, the latest shoreline is 1999 (instead of 1996, which is represented in the PDF).

The posters are of low resolution, and each section (text, tables, and maps) is linked to the full resolution version of that section. For example, clicking on the text section on the left-hand side will open the full-resolution version of the text.


Hurricane Andrew Impact on the Timbalier Barrier Island Arc	Hurricane Andrew Impact on the Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Arc	Shoreline Changes in the Timbalier Barrier Island Arc: 1887-1996

Shoreline Changes in the Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Arc: 1887-1996	Shoreline Changes in the North Chandeleur Islands Barrier Arc: 1855-1996	Shoreline Changes in the South Chandeleur Islands Barrier Arc: 1869-1996

Shoreline Changes in the Caminada-Moreau Headland and Grand Isle: 1887-1996	Shoreline Changes in the Plaquemines Barrier Island System: 1884-1996

For ease in printing, continuous PDF files are provided below. They contain the text for each poster immediately followed by its corresponding Figures, Maps, and Tables.

Hurricane Andrew Impact on the Timbalier Barrier Island Arc (1.6 MB)
Hurricane Andrew Impact on the Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Arc (1.3 MB)
Shoreline Changes in the Timbalier Barrier Island Arc: 1887-1996 (1.2 MB)
Shoreline Changes in the Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Arc: 1887-1996 (1.4 MB)
Shoreline Changes in the North Chandeleur Islands Barrier Arc: 1855-1996 (1.8 MB)
Shoreline Changes in the South Chandeleur Islands Barrier Arc: 1869-1996 (2.8 MB)
Shoreline Changes in the Caminada-Moreau Headland and Grand Isle: 1887-1996 (1.0 MB)
Shoreline Changes in the Plaquemines Barrier Island System: 1884-1996 (1.2 MB)

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