Lower Mississippi River delta
Subtitle: reports on the geology of Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes.
Series: Louisiana. Dept. of Conservation. Geological bulletin; no. 8
Publisher: Dept. of Conservation, Louisiana Geological Survey
Published: 1936
Place of publication: New Orleans, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Geology -- Louisiana -- Plaquemines Parish.; Geology -- Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish.; Petrology -- Louisiana.; Mounds -- Louisiana.; Botany -- Louisiana.; Mississippi River Delta (La.)
Table of contents: title: Physiography of lower Mississippi River delta, by R. J. Russell.; title: Salt domes of Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, by H. V. Howe and J. H. McGuirt.; title: Bibliography, comp. by R. J. Russell and C. F. Dohm (p. 279-320); title: List of maps dealing with Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, comp. by C. F. Dohm (p. 321-338); title: Petrography of two Mississippi River sub-deltas, by C. F. Dohm.; title: Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary pebbles from the Chandeleur Islands, by C. F. Dohm.; title: Some notes on the recent Mollusca from Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, by Wade Hadley, jr.; title: A preliminary report on the Indian mounds and middens of Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, by F. B. Kniffen.; title: The vegetation of the Indian mounds, middens, and marshes in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, by C. A. Brown.