Patterns, rates and possible causes of saltmarsh erosion in the Greater Thames area (UK)

Geomorphology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 373-391

  van der Wal, Daphne ^a,b   Pye, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land claim; Lateral saltmarsh erosion; Sea level; Thames; Vertical sediment accretion; Wind wave climate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; EROSION RATE; ESTUARY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142757961     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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