Mississippi Delta subsidence primarily caused by compaction of Holocene strata

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Science & Engineering Faculty

• Publication date

  2008-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/NGEO129
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