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DOI | 10.1029/2018GL078208 |
Intense Storms Increase the Stability of Tidal Bays | |
Castagno, Katherine A.1; Jimenez-Robles, Alfonso M.2,3; Donnelly, Jeffrey P.4; Wiberg, Patricia L.5; Fenster, Michael S.6; Fagherazzi, Sergio2 | |
2018-06-16 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 45期号:11页码:5491-5500 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Spain |
英文摘要 | Coastal bays and, specifically, back-barrier tidal basins host productive ecosystems, coastal communities, and critical infrastructure. As sea level continues to rise and tropical cyclones increase in intensity, these coastal systems are increasingly at risk. Developing a sediment budget is imperative to understanding how storm events affect the system's resilience, where net import of sediment indicates growth and resilience against sea level rise, and net export of sediment indicates deterioration. Using high-resolution numerical simulations, we show that intense storms import sediment into a system of bays in Virginia, USA. Duration and magnitude of storm surge are among the most important factors in sediment import, suggesting that intense storms increase the stability of tidal bays by providing the sediment necessary to counteract sea level rise. Since climate models project that tropical cyclones will increase in intensity in coming decades, our results have significant implications for the resilience of tidal bays and the future of coastal communities worldwide. Plain Language Summary In order to counteract rising sea levels, a coastal bay needs to increase its bottom elevation by trapping enough sediment in salt marshes and tidal flats. People believe that storms are deleterious to coastal bays, but this is not necessarily true. In many coastal settings, intense storms are the main mechanism providing coastal bays with the sediments necessary to offset sea level rise. Here we show that intense storms provide sediments to the bay and marsh systems of the Virginia coastal bays, USA, thereby increasing their long-term stability. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000436249900031 |
WOS关键词 | SEA-LEVEL RISE ; SALT-MARSH ; SEDIMENTARY RECORD ; NEW-ENGLAND ; MODEL ; VIRGINIA ; VARIABILITY ; RESILIENCE ; VALIDATION ; PATTERNS |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/25478 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.MIT, Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Joint Program Oceanog Appl Ocean Sci & Engn, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA; 2.Boston Univ, Dept Earth & Environm, Boston, MA 02215 USA; 3.Univ Granada, Andalusian Inst Earth Syst Res, Environm Fluid Dynam Grp, Granada, Spain; 4.Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Dept Marine Geol & Geophys, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA; 5.Univ Virginia, Dept Environm Sci, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA; 6.Randolph Macon Coll, Environm Studies Program, Ashland, VA 23005 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Castagno, Katherine A.,Jimenez-Robles, Alfonso M.,Donnelly, Jeffrey P.,et al. Intense Storms Increase the Stability of Tidal Bays[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,45(11):5491-5500. |
APA | Castagno, Katherine A.,Jimenez-Robles, Alfonso M.,Donnelly, Jeffrey P.,Wiberg, Patricia L.,Fenster, Michael S.,&Fagherazzi, Sergio.(2018).Intense Storms Increase the Stability of Tidal Bays.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,45(11),5491-5500. |
MLA | Castagno, Katherine A.,et al."Intense Storms Increase the Stability of Tidal Bays".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45.11(2018):5491-5500. |
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