Author: Elizabeth Burke WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleoecology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Sediment Accretion and Tidal Marsh Formation at a Santa Clara Valley Tidal Marsh
Author: Elizabeth Burke WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleoecology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Environmental Change in San Francisco Estuary Tidal Marshes
Author: Elizabeth Burke WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salt marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Slough Channel Network and Marsh Plain Morphodynamics in a Rapidly Accreting Tidal Marsh Restoration on Diked, Subsided Bayland San Francisco Estuary, California
Author: Stuart William SiegelPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Tidal Channel Meandering and Salt Marsh Development in a Marine Transgressed Incised Valley System
Author: Bo LiPublisher: ProQuest
ISBN: 9780542811951
Category : Fluvial geomorphology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
It has been long debated whether or not tidal channels meander through space and time. If so, at what magnitude did they meander; and how did their changes in space and time relate to the morphodynamics of salt marsh development and facies configuration of transgressive valleys? Many have argued that the laws that govern the fluvial streams are equally valid for tidal channels and tidal channel networks. However, there is a lack of field measurements to support the aforementioned statements. Further, the dynamic relationship between tidal channel network development and salt marsh evolution was poorly understood in terms of erosion vs. accretion in response to sea-level changes. Also, models of salt marsh initiation and tidal channel development within transgressive valleys in the US Atlantic coastal plains are not well studied as compared with those of the North Sea in Europe. In an attempt to systematically study the dynamic relationships between the salt marshes and tidal channel networks of transgressive valleys and other system forcings (such as sediment supply, sea-level changes, topographic control, and halophyte production), I chose the Great Marsh area at Lewes, Delaware. To better address these issues, other estuarine tidal basins and incised valleys along the Delaware Bay and Atlantic coasts were studied to serve as modern analogs for the support of my findings in the Great Marsh area. The following major topics/themes are covered and explored in this research study: geologic framework of the study area, modern-ancient analogs, sources of sediment supply, morphometric properties of tidal meander planforms, construction of the paleotopography, hypsometric and volumetric analyses of the incised valley fill, Holocene evolution of the Great Marsh, modern analogs of marsh initiation and tidal meandering development, and discussions of various topics such as tidal channel network initiation and development, incised valley system's self-adjustment in response to changes in sea-level and sediment supply, and facies models as applicable to the transgressive incised valley fills. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
San Francisco Estuary, Invasive Spartina Project, Spartina Control Program
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Ecology of New England High Salt Marshes
Author: Scott W. NixonPublisher:
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Salt Marshes
Author: Duncan M. FitzGeraldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316946835
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Salt marshes are highly dynamic and important ecosystems that dampen impacts of coastal storms and are an integral part of tidal wetland systems, which sequester half of all global marine carbon. They are now being threatened due to sea-level rise, decreased sediment influx, and human encroachment. This book provides a comprehensive review of the latest salt marsh science, investigating their functions and how they are responding to stresses through formation of salt pannes and pools, headward erosion of tidal creeks, marsh-edge erosion, ice-fracturing, and ice-rafted sedimentation. Written by experts in marsh ecology, coastal geomorphology, wetland biology, estuarine hydrodynamics, and coastal sedimentation, it provides a multidisciplinary summary of recent advancements in our knowledge of salt marshes. The future of wetlands and potential deterioration of salt marshes is also considered, providing a go-to reference for graduate students and researchers studying these coastal systems, as well as marsh managers and restoration scientists.
South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project, Santa Clara County, California
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)Publisher:
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 1648
Book Description
Tidal Salt Marshes of the Southeast Atlantic Coast
Author: Richard G. WiegertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salt marsh animals
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Effects of Human Activities on Tidal Wetland Sediment Accretion Within a Salt Marsh to Mangrove Forest Transition Zone, East-central Florida, USA
Author: George Joseph WiegmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salt marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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