Effect of local variability in erosional resistance on large-scale morphodynamic response of salt marshes to wind waves and extreme events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5872-5879

  Leonardi, Nicoletta ^a   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomorphodynamics; cellula automata; ecogeomorphology; salt marsh; soil resistance; waves

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; EROSION; ROBOTS; SOIL RESISTANCE (TEXTILES); WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVES;

BIOMORPHODYNAMICS; CELLULA AUTOMATA; CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODELING; ECOGEOMORPHOLOGY; EXTERNAL AGENTS; LOCAL PROPERTY; MORPHODYNAMIC RESPONSE; SALT MARSHES;

WETLANDS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; EXTREME EVENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAGNITUDE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84938987126     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064730     Document Type: Article

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