Abstract
This chapter deals with salt marsh sedimentation with emphasis on depositional processes and resulting products. Salt marsh sedimentation and related dynamic conditions are evaluated and described with examples from a wide range of locations. General mechanisms and depositional conditions are primarily illustrated by examples from the Danish Wadden Sea based on the author's own experience. The chapter opens with an overview over measurements of salt marsh sedimentation through time and a general description of salt marsh morphodynamics, including an assessment of the effects of vegetation. Salt marsh sediments and autocompaction are discussed prior to a description of salt marsh accretion models. The latter is used to give examples of salt marsh stability in relation to different tidal conditions and sea-level-rise scenarios. The chapter concludes with a description of salt marshes in the geological record.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Principles of tidal sedimentology |
| Editors | Richard A. Davis Jr., Robert W. Dalrymple |
| Number of pages | 35 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2012 |
| Pages | 151-185 |
| Chapter | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-94-007-0122-9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-94-007-0123-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2012 |