Sand in the salt marsh: Contribution of high-energy conditions to salt-marsh accretion

Marine Geology

Volumn 282, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 240-254

  De Groot, Alma V ^a,b,c   Veeneklaas, Roos M ^b   Bakker, Jan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal processes; Schiermonnikoog; Sedimentation; Tidal marsh; Wadden Sea; Washover

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROCESS; SCHIERMONNIKOOG; TIDAL MARSHES; WADDEN SEA; WASHOVER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; SAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT; WASHOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; FRIESLAND; FRISIAN ISLANDS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHIERMONNIKOOG; SKALLINGEN PENINSULA; SYDDANMARK; TERSCHELLING; WADDEN SEA; WEST FRISIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 79955145342     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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