Tidal marsh sedimentation and resilience to environmental change: Exploratory modelling of tidal, sea-level and sediment supply forcing in predominantly allochthonous systems

Marine Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 119-136

  French, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autocompaction; North Atlantic Oscillation; numerical modelling; sea level rise; sediment budget; sedimentation; tidal saltmarsh

Indexed keywords

AUTOCOMPACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SALT-MARSH ACCRETION; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

TIDES;

ALLOCHTHON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARSH; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL RANGE;

EID: 33751530889     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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