Week 7
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
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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)
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