Particle-size evidence of estuary evolution: A rapid and diagnostic tool for determining the nature of recent saltmarsh accretion

Geomorphology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-152

  Rahman, Rubina ^a   Plater, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion model; Estuary infilling; Particle size distribution (PSD); Saltmarsh accretion; Sea level rise; Sediment surplus

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ESTUARY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION;

DEE ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84898055922     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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