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The Morphodynamic Interaction Of River Deltas And Their Marshes, Kelly M. Sanks
The Morphodynamic Interaction Of River Deltas And Their Marshes, Kelly M. Sanks
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Globally, many of the largest river deltas contain vast marsh platforms that are currently threatened due to a combination of anthropogenic alterations to rivers and increasing relative sea level rise. Restoration and management plans for river deltas depend on optimizing riverine sediment accumulation in marsh platforms. However, the accumulation of organic material in marsh platforms is often neglected in predictive models and the interaction of ecogeomorphic processes governing marsh accumulation with the physical processes governing river delta growth is poorly understood.
Herein, I investigate this complex relationship through a combination of field and experimental studies. I show that in coastal …