Contributions of mineral and organic components to tidal freshwater marsh accretion

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-88

  Neubauer, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

accumulation; coastal marshes; Europe; sea level changes; sedimentation; soils; United States; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL WETLAND; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749113548     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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