The effects of Hurricane Rita and subseq
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Valentine A. Lance; Ruth M. Elsey; George Butterstein; Phillip L. Trosclair III;
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Article
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2009
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract Hurricane Rita struck the coast of southwest Louisiana in September 2005. The storm generated an enormous tidal surge of approximately four meters in height that inundated many thousands of acres of the coastal marsh with full strength seawater. The initial surge resulted in the deaths