Everglades National Park Geologic Resource Management Issues Scoping Summary
Thornberry-Ehrlich TL. 2005. Everglades National Park Geologic Resource Management Issues Scoping Summary. South Florida/Caribbean Network
A Geologic Resources Evaluation scoping meeting took place in Homestead, Florida on January 24, 2005. The meeting was followed by a field trip on January 25, 2005. The scoping meeting participants identified the following list of geologic resource management issues. These topics are discussed in detail on pages 10 - 16. 1. The Florida Bay mud banks elevation and stability 2. Mangrove zone topography and buttonwood ridge height 3. Whitewater Bay and Gulf Coast estuaries 4. Solution holes 5. Aquifer characteristics and groundwater flow dynamics 6. Recreation and other use demands 7. Earthen and failed dams, canals, and sheet piling 8. Sediment transport and resuspension at Lake Ingraham 9. Sinkholes and karst features 10. Paleoclimates 11. Sea level rise 12. Geologic changes due to storms and hurricanes 13. Atmospheric deposition of African dust 14. "Lake Belt" management 15. Tree islands and hardwood hammacks 16. Archaeological sites
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Thornberry-Ehrlich, Trista
- Date of Issue
- 2005-02-04
- Publisher
- South Florida/Caribbean Network
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- everglades, Geologic, Geology, SFCN, South Florida/Caribbean Network