Mapping off-shore coastal areas: ‘The submerged lands of Texas Atlas’—A review
✍ Scribed by E.G. Wermund; W.A. White; T.R. Calnan; R.A. Morton
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Weight
- 810 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0951-8312
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✦ Synopsis
Texas has a quarter of its population living within 60km of its low-relief, barrier island/lagoonal coastline. By 1980, the State had available an atlas of environmental geologic and derivative maps for decision-making. As the State owns the submerged bays and continental shelf out to 16kin offshore, an atlas of the submerged lands was needed to provide required information for permitting and regulating State properties. The atlas includes maps, graphs, and tables of the bathymetry, bottom sediments, geochemistry, benthic communities and. wetlands. Federal and Texas agencies are presently using the atlas in regulating and issuing permits for offshore activities.