High-resolution records of the response of coastal wetland systems to long-term and short-term sea-level variability

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-508

  Kolker, Alexander S ^a   Goodbred Jr , Steven L ^b   Hameed, Sultan ^c   Cochran, J Kirk ^c  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accretion; climate change; Long Island; salt marsh; sea level; sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL WETLAND; FIELD SURVEY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESOLUTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL RANGE;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849099335     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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