Sediment transport in a cold climate salt marsh (St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada), the importance of vegetation and waves

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-75

  Coulombier, Thibault ^a   Neumeier, Urs ^a   Bernatchez, Pascal ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Seasonal variations; Sediment dynamics; Sedimentation rate; Spartina alterniflora; Velocity profiles; Wave attenuation

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRASS; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; RESUSPENSION; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE HEIGHT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84858997622     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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