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33/2100 yrs = 0.2 in/yr = 5 mm/yr

Profile of borings

across the St.Bernard Delta

Sediments of historical deltas

Sediments of the St. Bernard Delta

Frazier, D.E., 1967, Recent deltaic deposits of the

Mississippi River: their development and chronology,

Trans. G.C.A.G.S., v. 17, p. 287315

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Bayou Jasmine Archeological Site

Twinned bag ca. 800 BC

2,000years before present

The St. Bernard Delta