Ice raft formation, sediment load, and theoretical potential for ice-rafted sediment influx on northern coastal wetlands

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1294-1305

  Argow, Brittina A ^a   Hughes, Zoe J ^b   FitzGerald, Duncan M ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal geomorphology; Ecogeomorphology; Salt marsh; Seasonal physical process; Sedimentation; Vertical accretion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WETLAND; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ICE RAFTING; ICE THICKNESS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIDAL FLAT; VOLUME;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959687660     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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