Laboratory and field investigations of marsh edge erosion

Sediment Transport: Monitoring, Modeling and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 311-337

  Chen, Qin ^a   Ozeren, Yavuz ^b   Zhang, Guoping ^a   Wren, Daniel ^c   Wu, Weiming ^b   Jadhav, Ranjit ^a   Parker, Kyle ^a   Pant, Hem ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Mississippi   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical shear stress; Deltaic coast; Field measurement; Laboratory experiment; Salt marsh; Shoreline retreat rate; Surface waves; Topographic survey; Wetland erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892078017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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