Soil creep in salt marshes

Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 459-462

  Mariotti, G ^a   Kearney, W S ^b   Fagherazzi, S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CREEP; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; LATERAL MIGRATION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; VERTICAL ACCRETION; VERTICAL SEDIMENTATION;

SEA LEVEL;

CREEP; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SLUMPING; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 84969983956     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G37708.1     Document Type: Article

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