Lecture 12: Salt Marshes

Outline:

• Classic theories on marsh origins
• Tidal channel hydraulics and geomorphology
• Marsh plain hydraulics and geomorphology

Course reading:

• Textbook Chapter 11

Lecture 13: Tidal Freshwater Marshes

Outline:

• Vegetation
• Hydrology
• Geomorphology
• Comparison with salt marsh

Course reading:

• Pasternack, G. B. and Brush, G. S. 2001. Seasonal Variations in Sedimentation and Organic Content in Five Plant Associations on a Chesapeake Bay Tidal Freshwater Delta. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 53:93-106.(download)
• Pasternack, G. B. and Brush, G. S. 2002. Biogeomorphic controls on sedimentation and substrate on a vegetated tidal freshwater delta in upper Chesapeake Bay. Geomorphology 43:293-311.(download)