Sulphate reduction as a geomorphological agent in tidal marshes ('Great Marshes' at Barnstable, Cape Cod, USA)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-236

  Van Huissteden, J ^a   Van De Plassche, O ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Peat degradation modelling; Salt marsh geomorphology; Salt marsh ponds; Salt pans; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

SALT PAN; SULPHATE REDUCTION; TIDAL MARSH;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, CAPE COD;

EID: 0031803411     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199803)23:3<223::AID-ESP843>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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