Interpreting Sea Level Rise and Rates of Vertical Marsh Accretion in a Southern New England Tidal Salt Marsh

An investigation of marsh accretion rates on a New England type high marsh (Barn Island Wildlife Management Area, Stonington, Connecticut) reveals that this system is sensitive to changes in sea level and storm activity and the peat can accurately record rates of relative submergence as determined b...

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Published in:Estuarine, coastal and shelf science coastal and shelf science, 1998-10, Vol.47 (4), p.419-429
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Isotope geochemistry
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Surficial geology
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