Submerged lands of Texas, Galveston - Houston area: sediments, geochemistry, benthic macroinvertebrates, and associated wetlands

Date

1985

Authors

White, W.A.
Calnan, T.R.
Morton, R.A.
Kimble, R.S.
Littleton, T.G.
McGowen, J.H.
Nance, H.S.
Schmedes, K.E.

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Publisher

University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology

Abstract

Surface sediment textures, sediment geochemistry, and benthic fauna of the State-owned submerged lands were mapped and described using bottom samples collected at 1-mi (1.6-km) intervals from bays, estuaries, and lagoons and from the inner continental shelf. In addition, the distribution of wetlands in adjacent areas was mapped using color-infrared photographs taken in 1979.

Description

145 pgs.

Keywords

wetlands, sediment texture, sediment analysis, geochemistry, deltas, barrier islands, benthos, marine invertebrates

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