2009
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo553
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Drowning of the Mississippi Delta due to insufficient sediment supply and global sea-level rise

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“…The proportion of sediment that ends up on and off shore is poorly quantified [4][5][6] . The majority is washed away because delta plains are inefficient sediment traps; even more so when they host engineered infrastructure.…”
Section: Starved Landsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The proportion of sediment that ends up on and off shore is poorly quantified [4][5][6] . The majority is washed away because delta plains are inefficient sediment traps; even more so when they host engineered infrastructure.…”
Section: Starved Landsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We plotted the locations of known RSET sites, based on a literature review, unpublished collaborations and personal communications. We then overlaid a map of the coastal regions hypothesized to have the world's most SLRvulnerable wetlands, defined (for mangroves 67 ) as those that were not macrotidal (that is, had <4 m tidal range) and were far from a large sediment source such as a delta (this definition excludes sites vulnerable for anthropogenic reasons, such as the Mississippi and Nile deltas, although anthropogenically induced subsidence is a significant threat 68,69 ). For temperate salt-marshes 70 we applied the same criteria, but excluded any regions that are experiencing tectonic uplift resulting from postglacial isostatic adjustments 71 or coseismic / interseismic uplift 72,73 .…”
Section: Expanding Rset Coastal Wetland Monitoringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Human activities have upset this balance in modern deltas, increasing effective sea level rise [Ericson et al, 2006] by enhancing naturally occurring subsidence and inhibiting delta plain deposition [Syvitski et al, 2009]. In the case of the Mississippi Delta, upstream sediment loss due to dams may preclude full restoration of the delta [Blum and Roberts, 2009], but diversions of the river could create significant land [Kim et al, 2009] and coastal habitat [Day et al, 2007].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%