Response of marine deltaic surfaces to major earthquake uplifts in southcentral Alaska

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-27

  Boggs, Keith ^a   Shephard, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Carex lyngbyaei; Delta; Earthquake; Landform; Landscape evolution; Peatland; Soils; Sphagnum; Succession; Tidal marsh; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

DELTA; EARTHQUAKE; SUCCESSION; TECTONICS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; CAREX; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM FLUVIATILE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0032878490     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161729     Document Type: Article

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