Long-term salt marsh vertical accretion in a tidal bay with reduced sediment supply

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-23

  Ma, Zhigang ^a,d   Ysebaert, Tom ^a,b   van der Wal, Daphne ^a   de Jong, Dick J ^c   Li, Xiuzhen ^d   Herman, Peter M J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accretion; Oosterschelde; Salt marsh; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BAY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOODING; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM SURGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL RANGE;

NETHERLANDS; OOSTERSCHELDE; ZEELAND;

EID: 84901485816     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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