Re: Why are some Gulf of Mexico beaches nice and others ugly?

Date: Fri Oct 1 12:41:32 1999
Posted By: Joe Renda, Grad student, Geology, SUNY Albany
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 936215096.Es

Message:


Well, the reason that the beaches in Boloxi, MS have brown sand and muddy brown
water is because those beaches are right next to the Mississippi River.  The 
river dicharges an incredibaly HUGE amount of sediment.  The beaches in Alabama
are further away from the river so you don't see the impact of the sediment.

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