Salt Marsh Accretion and Storm Tide Variation: an Example from a Barrier Island in the North Sea

• Published in: Estuaries and coasts Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 486 - 500
• Main Authors: Schuerch, Mark, Rapaglia, J., Liebetrau, V., Vafeidis, A., Reise, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Spring Science + Business Media 01.03.2012; Springer-Verlag; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accretion; Aerial photography; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Barrier islands; Biological and medical sciences; Brackish water ecosystems; Coastal Sciences; Coasts; Density; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Environment; Environmental Management; Estuaries; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geological time; Islands; Marine; Marshes; Salt marshes; Sea level; Sea level rise; Seas; Sediments; Storm tides; Storms; Stormwater; Synecology; Vegetation; Water and Health; North Sea; ANE, North Sea; ANE, Germany; Salt marsh; Geochronology; Sylt; Storm activity; Barrier Island; Accretion rate; Brackish water environment; Storm; Accretion; Estuaries; Island; Tides

We reconstruct past accretion rates of a salt marsh on the island of Sylt, Germany, using measurements of the radioisotopes ²¹⁰Pb and ¹³⁰Cs, as well as historical aerial photographs. Results from three cores indicate accretion rates varying between 1 and 16 mm year⁻¹. Comparisons with tide gauge dat...