Wetland vertical accretion and soil elevation change in the Rhone River Delta, France: The importance of riverine flooding

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 668-681

  Hensel, Philippe F ^a   Day Jr , John W ^a   Pont, Didier ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMR5023 Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal coral loss; Coastal management; Deltaic wetlands; Relative sea level rise; Subsidence; Wetland habitats

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; ELEVATION; FLOOD; RIVER WATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WETLAND;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032794782     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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