Introduction

Louisiana is entirely made of Mississippi mud.

Its surface rocks are 50 million old.Louisiana is famous for Petroleum which is

deeply buried under the whole state.

LANDMount Driskill, Bienville Parish are the

highest Point in Louisiana.New Orleans is the lowest point in

Louisiana.Atchafalaya and Wax Lake Deltas are the

fastest growing natural featuresLafourche and Terrebonne Parishes are

experiencing the highest rate of land loss.Houston Ridge is the oldest shoreline

feature in Louisiana.

WATERLake Pontchartrain is the largest natural

water body in LouisianaToledo Bend Reservoir is the largest

artificial lake.The Great Mississippi Flood of 1972 affected

the entire Mississippi alluvial valley.Louisiana coastline gets directly effected by

the growth and the decline of the Antarctic ice sheet.

ROCKSAgate is the gemstone of Louisiana state

which is a verity of translucent microcrystalline quartz called “Chalcedony”.

The oldest exposed rocks in Louisiana are small patches of Late Cretaceous marine rocks.

FOSSILSPetrified palm wood is the Louisiana state

fossil and is characterized by prominent rod-like structures within the regular grain of the silicified wood.

The largest fossils found in Louisiana are the bones of Basilosaurus, a primitive whale, called by paleontologists “archaeocetes.”

The oldest fossils found in Louisiana are Paleozoic marine invertebrates.

CONCLUSIONThe surface of the state may properly be

divided into two parts, the uplands and the alluvial.

Near the coast, there are many salt domes, where salt is mined and oil is often found.

Louisiana contains a number of areas which are, in varying degrees, protected from human intervention.

Petroleum and gas deposits are found in abundance both onshore and offshore in waters.

REFERENCES

Louisiana Geological Survey

www.lgs.lsu.edu

Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology