Impact of Hurricane Sandy on salt marshes of New jersey

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 183, Issue , 2016, Pages 235-248

  Elsey Quirk, Tracy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Storms; Vegetation; Water levels

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BARRIER ISLAND; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE; FLOODING; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; STORM DAMAGE; STORM TRACK; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER LEVEL; WAVE ENERGY;

BARNEGAT BAY; DELAWARE ESTUARY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

HYMENACHNE;

EID: 84994700970     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.09.006     Document Type: Article

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