Gagliano, S.W., et al. 1981. Land loss in the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain. Trans. Gulf Coast 

 Assoc. Geol. Soc. 31:295-300. 



Van Heerden, I., II. [1983.] Deltaic sedimentation in eastern Atchafalaya Bay. Ph.D. Dissertation. 

 Louisiana State University. 151 pp. Unpubl. MS. 



Mainly concerned with the subaerial growth of the delta lobes and the deposition of sediments 

 to form "the deltaic sequence." 



Louisiana Geological Survey. 1984. Geological map of Louisiana. Louisiana Departmemt of 

 Natural Resources, Baton Rouge. 1 sheet. 



Map shows the distribution of natural levees, fresh marshes, and saline marshes of the Mississippi 

 Deltaic Plain Complex. 



Penland, S., J.R. Suter, and R. Boyd. 1985. Barrier island arcs along abandoned Mississippi River 

 deltas. Mar. Geol. 63:197-233. 



Excellent paper on the stages of evolution of barrier shorelines along abandoned Mississippi 

 River deltas. Paper well illustrated with maps, aerial photos, and geophysical (seismic) sections. 



Penland, S., and R. Boyd, eds. 1985. Transgressive depositional environments of the Mississippi 

 River Deltaic Plain - a guide to the barrier islands, beaches and shoals in Louisiana. La. Geol. 

 Surv. Guidebook Ser. No. 3. 233 pp. 



This volume includes seven papers on many aspects of transgressive depositional environments 

 associated with abandoned deltas. 



Penland, S., and R. Boyd. 1985. Mississippi Delta barrier shoreline development. Pages 53-121 

 in Transgressive depositional environments of the Mississippi River Delta Plain. La. Geol. 

 Surv. Guidebook Ser. No. 3. 



Summary of Mississippi Delta sedimentation, depositional history of the deltaic plain, and the 

 genesis and evolution of the transgressive barrier shoreline. 



Van Heerden, I., II., S. Penland, and R. Boyd. 1985. A transgressive stratigraphic sequence from 

 the central Chandeleur Islands, La. Pages 189-201 in Transgressive depositional environments 

 of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain. La. Geol. Surv. Guidebook Ser. No. 3. 



A very good, brief paper concerned with the development of a transgressive marine sequence 

 overlying the abandoned St. Bernard Delta. 



Roberts, H.H. 1986. A study of sedimentation and subsidence in the south-central coastal plain 

 of Louisiana. Final report to U.S. Army Corps of Engrs., Waterways Exp. Stn. 53 pp. 



Tye, R.S., and E.C. Kosters. 1986. Styles of interdistributary basin sedimentation: Mississippi 

 Delta Plain, Louisiana. Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. 36:575-588. 



Very good paper based on numerous cores and a study of the deltaic plain features. Cross 

 sections reveal contrasting types of sediments present in both an organic-dominated Barataria 

 Basin and a clastic-dominated Atchafalaya Basin. 



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