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Environmental Atlas of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin

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Lake Pontchartrain Atlas:
Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction
Environmental Overview
Environmental Status & Trends
Restoration
Physical Environments
Basin Geology
Biological Resources
Environmental Issues You are at the Environmental Issues section of the Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain
Bibliography
Resources
Contributors
Acronyms
Contact:
Jack Kindinger
Environmental Issues: Coastal Land Loss | Shoreline Change and Rates | Urbanization | Aggregate Dredge Holes | Dredge Pit Characterization | Bonnet Carré Diversion | Water Quality | Sediment Quality & Dispersal

Environmental Issues - Shoreline Change and Shoreline Change Rates

Contributors: Zganjar, Westphal, Penland

Map Legend.

Figure 15a: 1869 vs. 1996
Map showing shoreline changes of the Southern Chandeleur Islands from 1869 to 1996.

Figure 15b: 1869 vs. 1989
Map showing shoreline changes of the Southern Chandeleur Islands from 1869 to 1989.

Figure 15c: 1989 vs. 1996
Map showing shoreline changes of the Southern Chandeleur Islands from 1989 to 1996.

Figure 15: Shoreline position maps of the Southern Chandeleur Islands comparing the years a) 1869 and 1996, b) 1869 and 1989, and c) 1989 and 1996.

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