Saltmarsh pool and tidal creek morphodynamics: Dynamic equilibrium of northern latitude saltmarshes?

Geomorphology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-115

  Wilson, Carol A ^a   Hughes, Zoe J ^b   FitzGerald, Duncan M ^b   Hopkinson, Charles S ^c   Valentine, Vinton ^d   Kolker, Alexander S ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic alteration; Saltmarsh ditches; Saltmarsh pools; Sea level; Tidal creeks; Vertical accretion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ESTUARY; MORPHODYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL CHANNEL;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; PLUM ISLAND ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84898056047     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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