A linear relationship between wave power and erosion determines salt-marsh resilience to violent storms and hurricanes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-68

  Leonardi, Nicoletta ^a   Ganju, Neil K ^b   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hurricanes; Resilience; Salt marsh; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DOCUMENTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; HURRICANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH; SEA LEVEL RISE; TSUNAMI; UNITED STATES; WAVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WETLAND; WIND;

INORGANIC SALT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYCLONIC STORMS; SALTS; UNITED STATES; WETLANDS; WIND;

EID: 84953248189     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510095112     Document Type: Article

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