Patterns of Sediment Accumulation in the Tidal Marshes of Maine

Wood, Mark E.; Kelley, Joseph T.; Belknap, Daniel F.

doi:10.2307/1351903

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“…Because most sedimentation studies have been conducted in tidal salt marshes (Reed, 1988;Cahoon and Turner, 1989;DeLaune et al, 1989;Stoddart et al, 1989;Wood et al, 1989;Conner and Day, 1991;French and Spencer, 1993;Cahoon, 1994;French et al, 1995;Cahoon et al, 1996b;Callaway et al, 1997;Reed et al, 1997;Roman et al, 1997) it is reasonable to assume that most sediment cores extracted in these studies were collected during periods of low tide when water depths were at or below the sediment surface. The sediments in these systems are probably much more consolidated at low tide than the soft, flocculent sediments in the deepwater basins at the ORWRP.…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Sedimentation Measurement Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterns of Short-Term Sedimentation in a Freshwater Created Marsh

Harter¹,

Mitsch²

2003

Journal of Environment Quality

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Patterns of Short-Term Sedimentation in a Freshwater Created Marsh

Harter¹,

Mitsch²

2003

Journal of Environment Quality

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“…In fact, available data on the piling-up rates suggest that many coastal marshes accrete at rates well comparable to sea level rise (e.g. Wood et al, 1989;Reed, 1990;Lynch et al, 1989;Day and Templet, 1989;Parkinson et al, 1994;Kearney et al, 1994).…”

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Mangrove forest against dyke-break-induced tsunami on rapidly subsiding coasts

Takagi

Mikami

Fujii

et al. 2016

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Thin coastal dykes typically found in developing countries may suddenly collapse due to rapid land subsidence, material ageing, sea-level rise, high wave attack, earthquakes, landslides, or a collision with vessels. Such a failure could trigger dam-break tsunami-type flooding, or "dyke-break-induced tsunami", a possibility which has so far been overlooked in the field of coastal disaster science and management. To analyse the potential consequences of one such flooding event caused by a dyke failure, a hydrodynamic model was constructed based on the authors' field surveys of a vulnerable coastal location in Jakarta, Indonesia. In a 2 m land subsidence scenario -which is expected to take place in the study area after only about 10-20 years -the model results show that the floodwaters rapidly rise to a height of nearly 3 m, resembling the flooding pattern of earthquakeinduced tsunamis. The depth-velocity product criterion suggests that many of the narrow pedestrian paths behind the dyke could experience strong flows, which are far greater than the safe limits that would allow pedestrian evacuation. A couple of alternative scenarios were also considered to investigate how such flood impacts could be mitigated by creating a mangrove belt in front of the dyke as an additional safety measure. The dyke-break-induced tsunamis, which in many areas are far more likely than regular earthquake tsunamis, cannot be overlooked and thus should be considered in disaster management and urban planning along the coasts of many developing countries.

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“…Geomorphically, at the Pine Island LTER site in coastal Massachusetts, the formation and transport of river ice are important factors in determining salt marsh platform elevation and have implications for responses to rising sea level. The delivery of sediment to the marsh through ice rafting (Wood et al 1989), the compression of the marsh surface as a function of ice thickness, and the scour of vegetation are winter processes that will change as less river ice forms and its transport into fringing salt marshes declines in the coming decades.…”

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