Atchafalaya & Mississippi River Deltas study: a tale of two deltas

http://gulfsci.usgs.gov/missriv/

Project of the Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science program that evaluates the transport and sedimentation of contaminates through the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River delta to the near-shore Gulf of Mexico. Includes aerial photographs.

Related topics:

Coastal ecosystems, Contaminant transport, Estuarine ecosystems, Image collections, Sediment transport, Sedimentation, Sedimentology, Suspended material (water), Water chemistry, Coastal zones, Deltas, Estuaries, Rivers, Wetlands

Hydrologic units: Atchafalaya - Vermilion, Lower Mississippi-New Orleans,
States or counties: Gulf of Mexico

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