Stratigraphic evidence for historical position of the East Cambridge Shoreline, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 620-624

  Buynevich, I V ^a   Fitzgerald, D M ^a   Smith L B , Jr ^a   Dougherty, A J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles River; Compaction; Historical charts; Mean high water; Peat; Rhizome; Sea level; Spartina sp.; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; INFILL; PEAT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE; SHORELINE CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0034830919     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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