area and its biology while the second volume 

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discusses the hydrol- 



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A general work on geomorphic aspects of river plain and sea 



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relevant to barrier islands. Louisiana coast and Outer Banks, 



North Carolina, are mentioned. 



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 *Shepard, F. P., and H. R. Wanless. 1971. 

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785 



U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1971. National shoreline study: in- 

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Report is general summary of information on the shoreline of 

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Chandeleur Island Group 



786 

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northern Gulf of Mexico: discussion. Geological Society of Amer- 

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787 



Lemaire, R. J. 1961. A preliminary annotated checklist of the vas- 

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