Understanding and predicting wave erosion of marsh edges

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Marani, M ^a,b   D'Alpaos, A ^a   Lanzoni, S ^a   Santalucia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; WAVE POWER; WETLANDS;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL LAWS; INCIDENT WAVES; POWER DENSITIES; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PROBLEM-BASED; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS; VENICE LAGOON;

EROSION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LINEARITY; MARSH; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE FIELD; WAVE POWER;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 80655144798     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048995     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Allen, J. R. L. (1990), Salt-marsh growth and stratification: A numerical model with special reference to the severn estuary, southwest Britain, Mar. Geol., 95, 77-96.
2. Barnett, T. (1968), On the generation, dissipation and prediction of ocean wind waves, J. Geophys. Res., 73, 513-529.
3. Breugem, W., and L. Holthuijsen (2007), Generalized shallow water wave growth from Lake George, J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., 173, 25-43.
4. Carniello, L., A. Defina, S. Fagherazzi, and L. D'Alpaos (2005), A combined wind wave-tidal model for the Venice lagoon, Italy, J. Geophys. Res., 110, F04007, doi:10.1029/2004JF000232.
5. Carniello, L., A. D'Alpaos, and A. Defina (2011), Modeling wind waves and tidal flows in shallow micro-tidal basins, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 92, 263-276, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.01.001.
6. Collins, J. (1972), Prediction of shallow water spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 77, 2693-2707.
7. D'Alpaos, A., S. Lanzoni, M. Marani, and A. Rinaldo (2007), Landscape evolution in tidal embayments: Modeling the interplay of erosion, sedimentation, and vegetation dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 112, F01008, doi:10.1029/ 2006JF000537. (Pubitemid 46824261)
8. Fagherazzi, S., L. Carniello, L. D'Alpaos, and A. Defina (2006), Critical bifurcation of shallow microtidal landforms in tidal flats and salt marshes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 103(22), 8337-8341, doi:10.1073/pnas. 0508379103. (Pubitemid 43838456)
9. Feagin, R., S. Lozada-Bernard, T. Ravens, I. Moller, K. Yeager, and A. Baird (2009), Does vegetation prevent wave erosion of salt marsh edges?, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 106(25), 10,109-10,113, doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.35. 031306.140128.
10. Gedan, K., B. Silliman, and M. Bertness (2009), Centuries of human-driven change in salt marsh ecosystems, Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 1, 117-141.
11. Gelinas, P., and R. Quigley (1973), The influence of geology on erosion rates along the north shore of Lake Erie, in Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Great Lakes Research, pp. 421-430, Int. Assoc. for Great Lakes Res., Ann Arbor, Mich.
12. Kamphuis, J. (1987), Recession rate of glacial till bluffs, J. Water Port. Coastal Ocean Eng, 113,60-73. (Pubitemid 17498599)
13. Kirwan, M., and B. Murray (2007), A coupled geomorphic and ecological model of tidal marsh evolution, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 104(15), 6118-6122, doi:10.1073/pnas.0700958104. (Pubitemid 47186058)
14. Komen, G., S. Hasselmann, and K. Hasselmann (1984), On the existence of a fully developed wind-sea spectrum, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 14,1271-1285.
15. Langhaar, H. (1951), Dimensional Analysis and Theory of Models, Wiley, New York.
16. Marani, M., A. D'Alpaos, S. Lanzoni, L. Carniello, and A. Rinaldo (2007), Biologically-controlled multiple equilibria of tidal landforms and the fate of the Venice lagoon, Geophys. Res. Lett, 34, L11402, doi:10.1029/2007GL030178. (Pubitemid 47272394)
17. Marani, M., A. D'Alpaos, S. Lanzoni, L. Carniello, and A. Rinaldo (2010), The importance of being coupled: Stable states and catastrophic shifts in tidal biomorphodynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F04004, doi:10.1029/2009JF001600.
18. Mariotti, G., and S. Fagherazzi (2010), A numerical model for the coupled long-term evolution of salt marshes and tidal flats, J. Geophys. Res. ,115, F01004, doi:10.1029/2009JF001326.
19. Möller, I., T. Spencer, J. French, D. Leggett, and M. Dixon (1999), Wave transformation over salt marshes: A field and numerical modelling study from North Norfolk, England, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 49, 411-426, doi:10.1006/ecss.1999.0509. (Pubitemid 29475341)
20. Morris, J., P. Sundareshwar, C. Nietch, B. Kjerfve, and D. Cahoon (2002), Responses of coastal wetlands to rising sea level, Ecology, 83,2869-2877. (Pubitemid 36524714)
21. Mudd, S., S. Howell, and J. Morris (2009), Impact of dynamic feedbacks between sedimentation, sea-level rise, and biomass production on near surface marsh stratigraphy and carbon accumulation, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 82, 377-389, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.01.028.
22. Rosen, P. (1977), Increasing shoreline erosion rates with decreasing tidal range in the Virginia Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Sci., 18(4), 383-386.
23. Rosen, P. (1980), Erosion susceptibility of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay shoreline, Mar. Geol, 34(1-2), 45-59.
24. Schwimmer, R. (2001), Rates and processes of marsh shoreline erosion in Rehoboth Bay, Delaware, U.S.A., J. Coastal Res., 17(3), 672-683, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.08.018. (Pubitemid 32925520)
25. Sunamura, T. (1992), The Geomorphology of Rocky Coasts, 302 pp., Wiley, Chichester, U. K.
26. Tonelli, M., S. Fagherazzi, and M. Petti (2010), Modeling wave impact on salt marsh boundaries, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C09028, doi:10.1029/2009JC006026.
27. Van de Koppel, J., D. van der Wal, J. Bakker, and P. Herman (2005), Self-organization and vegetation collapse in salt marsh ecosystems, Am. Nat., 165, E1-E12.
28. Wilcock, P., D. Miller, and R. Shea (1998), Frequency of effective wave activity and the recession of coastal bluffs: Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, J. Coastal Res., 14, 256-268. (Pubitemid 28102174)
29. Willmarth, W., and C. Wooldridge (1962), Measurements of the fluctuating pressure at the wall beneath a thick turbulent boundary layer, J. Fluid Mech., 14, 187-210.
30. Young, I., and L. Verhagen (1996), The growth of fetch limited waves in water of finite depth. Part 1. Total energy and peak frequency, Coastal Eng., 29, 47-78.