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| ![]() | IntroductionWetland losses are so extensive in the Gulf of Mexico Coast region of the United States that they represent critical concerns to government environmental agencies and natural resource managers. Each year, millions of dollars are spent in coastal Louisiana alone to restore wetlands and to maintain the natural ecosystem that is vital to the Nation's economy.
Wetland subsidence and fault reactivation induced by oil and gas production generally have been disregarded in the Gulf Coast region because much of the wetland loss occurs in Louisiana, where many other factors contribute to coastal change (Williams and others, 1994). Understanding the influence of hydrocarbon production on wetland changes is important for predicting future wetland conditions and for planning wetland restoration projects. Hydrocarbon production is interpreted to cause movement along faults and wetland subsidence (fig. 1) if the following situations co-occur:
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Related Publication: Shallow Stratigraphic Evidence of Subsidence and Faulting Induced by Hydrocarbon Production in Coastal Southeast Texas - USGS Open File Report 01-274 |
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
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