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Wave attenuation over coastal salt marshes under storm surge conditions


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Abstract

Salt marshes protect coastlines against waves. Wave flume experiments show that marsh vegetation causes substantial wave dissipation and prevents erosion of the underlying surface, even during extreme storm surge conditions.

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Nature Geoscience

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Journal ISSN

1752-0894
1752-0908

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7

Publisher

Springer Nature

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European Commission (261520)
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