Soil saturation index of salt marshes subjected to spring-neap tides: a new variable for describing marsh soil aeration condition

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2564-2577

  Xin, Pei ^a,b   Gibbes, Badin ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Song, Zhiyao ^c   Lockington, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanjing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Boussinesq model; Groundwater flow; Plant zonation; Salt marsh; Soil aeration; Spring neap tides

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ MODEL; PLANT ZONATION; SALT MARSH; SOIL AERATION; SPRING-NEAP TIDES;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; TIDES; WETLANDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AERATION; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PLANT; SALTMARSH; SATURATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETTING; ZONATION;

EID: 77955600930     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7670     Document Type: Article

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