Efficient retention of mud drives land building on the Mississippi Delta plain
Many of the world's deltas – home to major population centers – are rapidly degrading due to reduced sediment supply, making these systems less resilient to increasing rates of relative sea-level rise. The Mississippi Delta faces some of the highest rates of wetland loss in the world. As a r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Earth Surface Dynamics |
| Online Access: | https://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/5/387/2017/esurf-5-387-2017.pdf |