Effects of Northeaster Storms on Water Level and Turbidity in a Delaware Bay Subestuary.

• Published in: Journal of Coastal Research
• Main Authors: Moskalski, Susanne, Sommerfield, Christopher K
• Other Authors: Domaines Océaniques (LDO), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Newark (CEOE), University of Delaware Newark -University of Delaware Newark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: Estuaries; salt marsh; northeasters; storm surge; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; Jones River; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-00943232; https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00222.1

International audience Coastal storms have a major influence on the ecology and geomorphology of U.S. Atlantic estuaries and tidal marshes. The purpose of this study was to determine which types of storms are most effective in flooding the marsh platform with high-turbidity water, a condition conduc...