Mangrove-forest evolution in a sediment-rich estuarine system: Opportunists or agents of geomorphic change?

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1672-1687

  Swales, Andrew ^a,c   Bentley, Samuel J ^b   Lovelock, Catherine E ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphology; Estuary; Mangroves; Radioisotopes; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ESTUARIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; MANGROVES; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

FORESTRY;

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MANGROVE; RADIONUCLIDE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION;

ANATOMY; ESTUARIES; FORESTS; GEOLOGY; MANGROVE; SEDIMENTS;

FIRTH OF THAMES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84939842446     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3759     Document Type: Article

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