Winter processes on northern salt marshes: Evaluating the impact of in-situ peat compaction due to ice loading, Wells, ME

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 360-369

  Argow, Brittina A ^a   FitzGerald, Duncan M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New England; peat compaction; salt marshes; sea level rise; SET; shallow subsidence

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; COMPRESSION; ELEVATION; GRASS; ICE THICKNESS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; VULNERABILITY; WINTER;

MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 33748464504     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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