Sedimentation and historical changes in fluvial-deltaic wetlands along the Texas Gulf Coast with emphasis on the Colorado and Trinity River deltas

Date

1990

Authors

White, William A., and Thomas R. Calnan

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Publisher

University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine from published and unpublished researches the effects of brine effluents on marine organisms, and on the natural ecological balance in estuarial waters, and included a literature search of papers on sessile, benthic, pelagic, and planktonic organisms from the standpoint of the effect of oils and waste brines.

Description

158 pages

Keywords

sedimentation, wetlands, marshes, deltas, rivers, streams, monitoring, land loss

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