Before publication of Fisk's classic scientific papers dealing with the Mississippi River
alluvial valley and deltaic plain, geological knowledge of the Holocene deltaic plain was the …

Previous geologic research on Holocene Mississippi River deltaic deposits has verified that
the present delta plain and associated nearshore barrier islands and submarine shoals are …

The arrangement of sedimentary traits in the birdfoot delta of the Mississippi River is
comparable to the structure of a leaf. Present-day facies can be correlated with delta …

Deltaic sedimentation by the Mississippi and its ancestral streams has been an essentially
continuous process since at least the beginning of the Tertiary, so that it is difficult, if not …

Deltaic sands accumulate in fluvial and tidal channels, distributary-mouth bars, beach
ridges, barrier islands, and on delta-front platforms. Fortunately a correlation between …

Over the last century, the river-dominated Mississippi delta has received increasing attention
from geoscientists, biologists, engineers, and environmental planners because of the …

ABSTRACT A major characteristic of modern Mississippi River sediments is the orderly
repetition of depositional events. This cyclic repetition consists of alternations of detrital and …

Miocene deltas and delta complexes of south Louisiana differ froni each other in shape,
distribution, and three-dimensional geometry. Such distinctions in morphology, as well as …

A delta is a partially subaerial, contiguous mass of sediment deposited around the point
where a river enters a standing body of water. A deltaic system is a three-dimensional rock …

The late Quaternary river-mouth deposits of the Mississippi were laid down during the cycle
of sea-level change that has occurred since the beginning of the Late Wisconsin glacial …