| Lake Pontchartrain Basin: Bottom Sediments       and Related Environmental Resources
**By Frank T. Manheim and Laura             Hayes, Editors**

**U.S. Geological Survey Professional             Paper 1634            2002**
**Photographs by          Julia Sims
  

**CONTENTS**
**Preface -- S.  Jeffress Williams   Participants and Cooperators    Related Internet Links
 
*Lake Pontchartrain Basin     location (click to enlarge)*
**Scientific Research and          Assessments**
**Multimedia          Tools and Regional          Resources****A.**  Holocene Geologic Framework of Lake Pontchartrain        Basin and Lakes of Southeastern Louisiana -- Jack L. Kindinger        
**B.**  New Field Sampling Techniques and Data Description                --  James G. Flocks 
**C.**  The Continuous Sediment Sampling and Analysis System --              Scott Noakes 
**D.**  Wind-Driven Circulation and Sediment Resuspension              Processes in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana                -- Richard P. Signell, Jeffrey H. List, Richard P. Stumpf, and John Evans 
**E.**  Satellite Imagery: Lake Pontchartrain Basin and Gulf of Mexico            -- Richard P. Stumpf **F.**  CD-ROM Development -- Chris Polloni,        Laura Hayes, and Frank T. Manheim        
**G.**  Data Visualization by use              of Geographic Mapping                  Tools (GIS) -- Laura Hayes, Chris Polloni, and E.J. McFaul 
**H.**  Vibracore Sampling                       Strategy Interactive Training -- Jack L. Kindinger, James                       G. Flocks, Charles Holmes, Chris Polloni 
**I.**  Basics of the Basin Symposia            -- John Lopez, ed.
The multimedia tools are available on the CD but will  not be available online. Pricing information is available from Information Services (infoservices@usgs.gov). See the web page Ordering U.S. Geological Survey Products.**Sediment Database**
**J.**  Sediment Database and            Geochemical Assessment of Lake Pontchartrain Basin --            Frank T. Manheim and Laura Hayes            

****DISCLAIMER**: **Sediment chemical and other data on this CD-ROM           and the companion web site have been compiled from multiple sources.            Reasonable care has been taken in transcription, and efforts have been           made to provide quality control of the data as described in the relevant           sections.  Although efforts have been made to screen for and identify           data that may be seriously compromised, the data provided here are not           guaranteed to be correct or complete.  Responsibility for the data           remains with the original sources and not the U.S. Geological Survey (except           where USGS analyses are involved), and conclusions drawn from the data           are the responsibility of the users.  Mention of commercial software           or services does not imply endorsement by the USGS.
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