Effects of oil on the rate and trajectory of Louisiana marsh shoreline erosion

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  McClenachan, Giovanna ^a   Eugene Turner, R ^a   Tweel, Andrew W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon oil spill; erosion; Louisiana; salt marsh; wetland

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; EROSION; OIL SPILLS; SHORE PROTECTION; SOILS;

DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; LOUISIANA; OIL CONCENTRATION; SALT MARSHES; SHORELINE EROSION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL STRENGTH; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

WETLANDS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; MARSH; OIL FIELD; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SHORELINE;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84891953299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044030     Document Type: Article

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