Spatial patterns in accretion on barrier-island salt marshes

Geomorphology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 280-296

  De Groot, Alma V ^a,b,c   Veeneklaas, Roos M ^b   Kuijper, Dries P J ^b,d   Bakker, Jan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Sedimentation; Spatial scale; Tidal marsh; Variogram; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BARRIER ISLAND; COMPLEXITY; GEOSTATISTICS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; VARIOGRAM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 80053050346     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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