Factors controlling peat compaction in alluvial floodplains: A case study in the cold-temperate cumberland marshes, Canada

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Van Asselen, Sanneke ^a   Stouthamer, Esther ^a   Smith, Norman D ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; FLOODS; LEVEES; PEAT; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; WETLANDS;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; BULK DENSITY MEASUREMENT; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SEDIMENTATION PATTERN;

COMPACTION;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; COMPACTION; CREVASSE; FLOODPLAIN; LEVEE; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBSIDENCE;

CANADA; CUMBERLAND MARSHES; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 77649101060     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.015     Document Type: Article

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