CONTENTS 



COASTAL GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCE 



Sponsored by the 



Geography Branch, Office of Naval Research 



and the 



NRC Committee on Geography, Advisory to ONR 



February 18, 1954 



NAS-NRC Building 

 Lecture Room 



Chairman: Richard J. Russell 



Louisiana State University 



Morning Session 



OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF PHOTO INTERPRETATION RESEARCH 



ON THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN 1 



Charles V. Crittenden 



PHOTO INTERPRETATION OF COASTAL ZONES OF DALMATIA 7 



Geza Teleki 



CORRELATION OF SHORELINE TYPE WITH OFFSHORE CONDITIONS 



IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 11 



W. Armstrong Price 



SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA MARSHLANDS 31 



Robert C. Treadwell 



CORRELATION OF CULTURAL REMAINS WITH THE PHYSICAL SETTING 36 



William G. Mclntire 



COASTAL MARSHES OF LOUISIANA 40 



Richard J. Russell 



Afternoon Session 



THE MANGROVE SWAMP OF THE PACIFIC LITTORAL OF COLOMBIA 44 



Robert C. West 



COASTAL DUNES 51 



H. T. U. Smith 



-A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF SHIFTING BEACH PROFILES 57 



Henry C. Stetson 



CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF COASTAL ZONES OF THE WORLD. ... 63 

 William C. Putnam 



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