Rainfall effects on marsh sediment redistribution, North Inlet, South Carolina, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 267-287

  Mwamba, M J ^a,b   Torres, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b State of Alaska   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Marsh; Rainfall; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

MARSH SEDIMENTS;

EMBANKMENTS; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

SEDIMENTS;

MARSH; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEET EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037201899     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00482-6     Document Type: Article

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