Historic Mississippi River Deltas--Phenomenon Explained

The current Mississippi River Delta is just the latest in a long line of deltas formed by the river. Over time this has created all of southeastern Louisiana's coastline, home to nearly half of the state's population. Amazingly this was all created in a brief snapshot of geologic time. Come take a tour of these historic deltas in the last episode in this series!

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Previous Episodes in the Series:

Old River Control Structures: https://youtu.be/XpjPe4kbpYo
Morganza Spillway: https://youtu.be/SwjmCBRx3lM
History of Engineering Old River: https://youtu.be/sgf987hlR_c
Possible Mississippi River Channel Switch: https://youtu.be/TLW3qmDncOs

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Roger T. Saucier's Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi River Valley: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a299154.pdf

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