Marsh processes and their response to climate change and sea-level rise

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue , 2019, Pages 481-517

  Fitzgerald, Duncan M ^a   Hughes, Zoe ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bank edge erosion; hurricane sedimentation; salt marsh; sea level rise; suspended sediment; vertical accretion

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; SEA LEVEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ACCELERATING SEA LEVEL RISE; BIOGEOMORPHIC FEEDBACKS; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; SALT MARSHES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

WETLANDS;

BANK EROSION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HURRICANE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 85066622633     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010255     Document Type: Review

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