Coastal impacts due to sea-level rise

DM FitzGerald, MS Fenster, BA Argow… - Annu. Rev. Earth …, 2008 - annualreviews.org
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) recently estimated that global sea
level will rise from 0.18 to 0.59 m by the end of this century. Rising sea level not only …

An evaluation of subsidence rates and sea‐level variability in the northern Gulf of Mexico

AS Kolker, MA Allison, S Hameed - Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
While subsidence is widely recognized as a driver of geomorphic change in the northern
Gulf of Mexico (GOM), there is considerable disagreement over the rates of subsidence and …

Importance of wind conditions, fetch, and water levels on wave‐generated shear stresses in shallow intertidal basins

S Fagherazzi, PL Wiberg - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Wave‐generated shear stresses are the main mechanism responsible for sediment erosion
on tidal flats and regulate both sediment concentrations in the water column and, together …

Salt marsh loss affects tides and the sediment budget in shallow bays

C Donatelli, NK Ganju, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The current paradigm is that salt marshes and their important ecosystem services are
threatened by global climate change; indeed, large marsh losses have been documented …

Regressive and transgressive barrier islands on the North-Central Gulf Coast—Contrasts in evolution, sediment delivery, and island vulnerability

EG Otvos, GA Carter - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
Basic differences between non-deltaic regressive and deltaic transgressive barrier islands
reflect major contrasts in geological settings and sediment sources. Two island groups on …

Runaway barrier island transgression concept: Global case studies

DM FitzGerald, CJ Hein, Z Hughes, M Kulp… - Barrier dynamics and …, 2018 - Springer
The regime of accelerating sea-level rise forecasted by the IPCC (2013) suggests that many
platform marshes and tidal flats may soon cross a threshold and deteriorate/drown as back …

[BOOK][B] Shore processes and their palaeoenvironmental applications

EJ Anthony - 2008 - books.google.com
The last five years have been marked by rapid technological and analytical developments in
the study of shore processes and in the comprehension of shore deposits and forms, and …

The impact of physical processes along the Louisiana coast

IY Georgiou, DM FitzGerald, GW Stone - Journal of Coastal Research, 2005 - JSTOR
The present-day coast of Louisiana is undergoing unprecedented change when compared
with other coastal regions of the United States. Whereas most of its shoreline is retreating …

Facies model of a fine‐grained, tide‐dominated delta: lower Dir Abu Lifa Member (Eocene), Western Desert, Egypt

B Legler, HD Johnson, GJ Hampson… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Existing facies models of tide‐dominated deltas largely omit fine‐grained, mud‐rich
successions. Sedimentary facies and sequence stratigraphic analysis of the exceptionally …

Sources of terrestrial organic carbon in the Mississippi plume region: Evidence for the importance of coastal marsh inputs

TS Bianchi, LA Wysocki, KM Schreiner, TR Filley… - Aquatic …, 2011 - Springer
High sedimentation rates along river-dominated margins make these systems important
repositories for organic carbon derived from both allochthonous and autochthonous …