A one-dimensional eco-geomorphic model of marsh response to sea level rise: Wind effects, dynamics of the marsh border and equilibrium

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tambroni, N ^a   Seminara, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EQUILIBRIUM; MARSH; MORPHODYNAMICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RESUSPENSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION;

EID: 84865980052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002363     Document Type: Article

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