Numerical simulations of Holocene salt-marsh dynamics under the hypothesis of large soil deformations

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 110, Issue , 2017, Pages 107-119

  Zoccarato, C ^a   Teatini, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh; Holocene deposition; Intertidal salt marshes; Large soil compaction; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MESH GENERATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SEA LEVEL; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ADAPTIVE MESHES; HOLOCENE DEPOSITION; HOLOCENES; INTERTIDAL SALT MARSH; LARGE SOIL COMPACTION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SALT MARSHES; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DEFORMATION; VULNERABLE ENVIRONMENTS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

ACCRETION; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERPRESSURE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 85033442327     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.006     Document Type: Article

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