University research projects on fault-related subsidence in coastal Louisiana
Tulane University, 2021 Akinbobla Akintomide, PhD Dissertation “Neogene to Quaternary Fault Activity and Salt Tectonics within the Terrebonne Salt Withdrawal Basin: Effect of Sediment Loading on Subsidence and Salt-Fault Interaction”
University of Texas, 2012 Christopher Armstrong, MS thesis “3D Seismic Geomorphology and Stratigraphy of the Late Miocene to Pliocene Mississippi River Delta: Fluvial Systems and Dynamics”
University of New Orleans, 2020 Jared Bullock, MS Thesis (currently embargoed) “Evolution of the Magnolia Growth Fault: Implications of Holocene Activity”
University of New Orleans, 2010 Dane Fischer, MS Thesis “Investigation of Neotectonic Activity within the Shallow, Unconsolidated Stratigraphy of the Pearl River Delta Area, Louisiana”
University of New Orleans, 2017 Joseph Frank, MS Thesis “Evidence of fault movement during the Holocene in Southern Louisiana: integrating 3-D seismic data with shallow high resolution seismic data”
University of Texas, 2008 Terra George, MS Thesis “3-D Seismic Evaluation of Fault Control on Quaternary Subsidence Patterns, Rates, and Related Surface Morphology in Southeastern Louisiana”
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2022 Wiley Griffin, MS Thesis “Relation of Halokinesis and Associated Faulting to Subsidence and Land Loss in the Chenier Plains, Cameron Parish, Louisiana”
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2019 Amanda Johnston, MS Thesis “Investigating the Relationship Between Subsurface Geology and Land Loss Near Golden Meadow, Louisiana By Utilizing 3-D Seismic and Well Log Data”
University of New Orleans, 2019 Jarrett Levesh, MS Thesis “Middle Miocene to Holocene History of the Delacroix Island Fault System”
Tulane University, 2006 Emily Martin, MS Thesis “Fault Induced Subsidence Near Empire and Bastian Bay, Louisiana”
University of New Orleans, 2020 Robert Mohollen, MS Thesis “Displacement Rates and Lateral Continuity of Baton Rouge Fault System Segments in the Vicinity of the East New Orleans Land Bridge, Louisiana”
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018 Matthew O’Leary, MS Thesis “Relationship between Growth Faults and Subsidence: Impact on Coastal Erosion, and Example from Cameron Parish, Southwestern Louisiana, USA”