Interpreting sea level rise and rates of vertical marsh accretion in a southern New England tidal salt marsh

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-429

  Orson, R A ^a,b   Warren, R S ^a   Niering, W A ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Marsh accretion; Sea level rise; Southern New England

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CONNECTICUT; STONINGTON; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0032191647     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0363     Document Type: Article

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