Open File Series
by W.J. Autin. 1987. 20 pp.
Describes and locates soils in a 2,000-square mile drainage area, with suggestions for improving soil survey accuracy in flood plains. Maps and references.
by R.H. Kesel. 1987. 16 pp.
Examines the Quaternary coastal terraces and the graveliferous terrace units in west Louisiana.
by W.J. Autin. 1987. 43 pp.
A record of the legislative and technical efforts to evaluate relationships between waste disposal practices and the comprehensive management of hazardous waste, with suggestions for further research.
by J.R. Suter and S. Penland. 1987. 58 pp.
A high-resolution seismic investigation suggests promising deposits of sand in all three areas. The authors recommend vibracore sampling for further confirmation.
by J. Mossa. 1988. 71 pp.
This study uses wave energy-refraction models to assess these possible changes. Includes 71 pages of wave-refraction diagrams based on various sand-removal scenarios.
by S. Penland, K.E. Ramsey, R.A. McBride, T. F. Moslow and K. A. Westphal. 198 . 125 pp.
by S. Penland, K.E. Ramsey, R.A. McBride, J.T. Mestayer and K.A. Westphal. 1988. 68 pp.
by S. Penland, R.A. McBride, T.F. Moslow, and Karen Westphal
by S. Penland, K.E. Ramsey, R.A. McBride, J.T. Mestayer and K.A. Westphal. 1988. 4 pp.
by S. Penland, J.R. Suter and R.A. McBride. 1988. 73 pp.
Seismic and vibracore data have identified 25 potential, nearby sand sources at Cat Island Pass and at Ship Shoal.
by Don Boniol. 1988. 50 pp. plus appendix.
Accompaniment to the State Aquifer Recharge Map and Atlas plates. Capsule introductions to geohydrology, aquifer recharge, and soils recharge potential. Maps for this publication are available from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Ground Water Protection, P.O. Box 82178, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884 (telephone 225-765-0585).
by S. Penland and J.R. Suter. 1988. 185 pp.
A preliminary assessment of the sand resources of the region around the eastern Isles Dernieres in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, with an eye toward possible use of such sands for barrier island stabilization.
by L.D. Nakashima and L.M. Loudon. 1989. 27 pp.
A comprehensive listing of publications focusing on water-level and eustatic change, regional subsidence, coastal structures, hurricane impacts, shoreline change, wetland modification, nearshore processes, and headland morphology.
by D.K. Batker, J.E. Johnston, III, M.A. Surman, W.C. Kimbrell and J.L. Richard. 1990. 54 pp.
Examines the feasibility of wetland valuation, suggests methodologies, and provides recommendations for further study.
by Paul N. Lawless and George F. Hart. 1990. 88 pp.
Traces the structural development of the LaSalle arch in north central Louisiana and describes hydrocarbon reserves within the Nebo-Hemphill Field.
91-01 Geologic and Derivative Engineering Geology Hazard Maps of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
by W. J. Autin and R. P. McCulloh . 1991 .
File copies available at Louisiana Geological Survey office for review only.
by R. P. McCulloh . 1991 . 25 pp. plus five plates . $15 for text only.
Investigates the two active faults that traverse East Baton Rouge Parish and affirms the existence of other linear surface discontinuities. Includes 5 folded maps
by D.M. Lindstedt and J.C. Holmes. 1988. 35 pp.
Records and analyzes the results of surveys taken during the first statewide Louisiana Coastal Cleanup, held 19 September, 1987. Information gathered by the participants provides the first statewide overview of coastal debris.
by R. P. McCulloh . 1992 . 20 pp.
Reviews geologic mapping activity in Louisiana from 1934, comparing the decline in geologic mapping in Louisiana to the national decline.
by F. M. Swain and E. G. Anderson . 1993 . Chart .
Chart should be purchased with Geological Bulletin No. 45.
by F. M. Swain and E. G. Anderson . 1993 . 99 pp.
Report should be purchased with Geological Bulletin No. 45.
by F. M. Swain and E. G. Anderson . 1993 . 3 pp.
Should be purchased in addition to Geological Bulletin No. 45.
by R. P. McCulloh . 1994 . 18 pp. plus appendix
Describes a stratigraphic configuration associated with some growth faults, characterized by thick downthrown sequences lacking upthrown equivalents, and summarizes references to this configuration in published literature and unpublished works.
by R. P. McCulloh . 1994 . 19 pp.
Examines the drastic pinching and swelling that characterizes certain individual alluvial bottomlands, and the rectilinear patterns, suggestive of structural influence, that characterize some networks of bottomlands in north Louisiana.
by Aaron Bass . 1995 . 44 pp. plus appendices.
A review of impacts associated with activities exempt from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Management Division, regulatory authority. Includes total impact calculations by habitat type for activities occurring in fastlands and lands greater that 5 feet MSL, from 1981 to 1994
by Michael Brister . 1995 . 34 pp. plus 4 cross sections.
A semiregional study of the Lower Miocene section located onshore Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana. Investigates the relationship of sediment depositional patterns to the occurrence of oil and gas fields, which primarily occur in structural traps created contemporaneously with deposition of interfingering sands and shales along the shelf margin. Includes 4 cross sections.
by R. P. McCulloh . 1996 . 23 pp. .
Supplements and sets forth more explicitly the analysis of geomorphic expression used in OFS 91-02 to map the traces of active surface faults of the Baton Rouge system at the toe positions of their fault-line scarps in East Baton Rouge Parish. Documents the distinctive topographic patterns of substantial regularity shown by these scarps, and interprets them as examples of variable slope reduction.
by Aaron Bass . 1996 . 124 pp. plus appendices .
A 12-month study conducted at Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (Orleans Parish), focusing on biomass export from a fastland to adjacent coastal waters through a municipal pumping station and through a stop-log water control structure. Presents data, summaries, and interpretations based on sites sampled, and includes an analysis of the uses and interrelationship between the environment of the fastlands and the immediately adjacent area.
by Aaron Bass . 1996 . 54 pp. plus appendices .
A literature review on the adverse impacts caused by marsh buggies and airboats in the coastal zone. Phase I covers (1) summaries of relevant literature associated with impacts; (2) a summary of direct and secondary impacts based on the literature review and other sources; and (3) review of currently used technology and work methodologies used to conduct 3-D seismic surveys.
by Dave Meloy and Ron Zimmerman . 1997 . 45 pp. .
An overview of the middle Mesozoic zone of crustal weakness, caused by transform faulting in the north-central gulf coastal area, during plate separation and rifting, which may have become zones of subsequent tectonic adjustments, and the possible physical structural link between a known major, active earthquake zone — the New Madrid — and areas of recorded earthquakes.
by Saul Aronow with preface by Paul Heinrich, 2004, 22 pp.
by Douglas Carlson and Thomas Van Biersel, 2010, 40 pp.
Discusses the extent of the Sparta Aquifer, usage patterns, and chloride concentrations in affected parishes.