Temporal variation of accumulation rates on a natural salt marsh in the 20th century - The impact of sea level rise and increased inundation frequency

Marine Geology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 178-187

  Andersen, T J ^a   Svinth, S ^a,b   Pejrup, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH ENERGY AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accretion; Inundation; Salt marsh; Sea level rise; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ACCRETION; ACCUMULATION RATES; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CONTEMPORARY MODELS; DATA SETS; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; HIGH-PRECISION; INUNDATION; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CESIUM; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; ALLOCHTHON; BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DATA SET; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 78650806070     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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