Calibrated density profiles of Caribbean mangrove peat sequences from computed tomography for assessment of peat preservation, compaction, and impacts on sea-level reconstructions

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 201-222

  Toscano, Marguerite A ^a   Gonzalez, Juan L ^b   Whelan, Kevin R T ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction; Computed Tomography; Holocene sea level proxy; Hydraulic conductivity; Mangrove peat

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPACTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEWATERING; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT;

COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; INTERSTITIAL WATER; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SEA LEVEL INDICATORS; SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS;

PEAT;

AGE DETERMINATION; BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; DEWATERING; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANGROVE; PEAT; PRESERVATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85041639535     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/qua.2017.101     Document Type: Article

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