Figure 1. Study area, place names discussed in text, and field sampling locations.

A. Map showing locations of geographic names used in text. Inset shows general location of study area, hurricane paths (black lines), and 145 m isobath (dotted line). B. Sampling locations and storm paths for Hurricanes Katrina (green square), Rita (red circle), Gustav (blue triangle), and Ike (yellow diamond). The dark colored symbols mark observed deposition and light colored symbols mark observation of no sediment. Sampling for Hurricane Ike did not include Texas, although considerable deposition occurred [21].