Tidal marshes as disequilibrium landscapes? Lags between morphology and Holocene sea level change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Kirwan, Matthew L ^a   Murray, A Brad ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITIES; CHANNEL EROSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; HOLOCENE SEA LEVELS; HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUMS; RATE OSCILLATIONS; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL RISE; TIDAL MARSHES; VERTICAL ACCRETIONS;

SEAWATER;

ACCRETION; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EROSION; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 61349094756     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036050     Document Type: Article

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