U.S. Geological Survey

Carbon Storage and Late Holocene Chronostratigraphy
of a Mississippi River Deltaic Marsh,
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

First Report: Mississippi Basin Carbon Project
Process Studies

 

Edited by Helaine Walsh Markewich

 

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 98-36

 

REFERENCES

Introduction

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Geologic and Hydrogeologic Setting

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Field Methods

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14C Age Determinations

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137Cs Analysis

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Biochronostratigraphy

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Compositional Analysis

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Data Interpretation and Summary

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