A 17-yr record of sediment accretion in the salt marshes of Maine (USA)

Marine Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 109-121

  Goodman, Jody E ^a   Wood, Mark E ^b   Gehrels, W Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Southeast Regional Office   (United States)

Author keywords

brick dust; Gulf of Maine; salt marsh accretion; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

MARSH SEDIMENT; MEAN ACCRETION RATE; TRANSGRESSION;

BRICK; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DUST; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCRETION; ACCUMULATION RATE; DUST; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 34447248576     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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