Sea level driven marsh expansion in a coupled model of marsh erosion and migration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4366-4373

  Kirwan, Matthew L ^a   Walters, David C ^a   Reay, William G ^a   Carr, Joel A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

accretion; forest; storm; transgression; wetland

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE; ACCRETION; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL WETLANDS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST; HUMAN INTERVENTION; TRANSGRESSION;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL WETLAND; CONNECTIVITY; FLOOD CONTROL; MARSH; NATURAL BARRIER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TRANSGRESSION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84992309949     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068507     Document Type: Article

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