| Title | Insights into Centennial-Scale Salt Marsh Morphodynamics from the Oregon Coast |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Peck, Erin K. |
| Academic Department | College of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Degree | Ph. D. |
| Pagination | 206 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea Bay, climate change, Coquille River estuary, earthquakes, human impacts, land use, Nehalem River estuary, Netarts Bay, Salmon River Estuary, salt marsh, sea levels, sediments, Tillamook Bay, tsunamis, wetland delineation, Youngs Bay |
| Notes | This doctoral dissertation gives a good look at factors causing salt marshes in Oregon to contract or expand. Two of the seven estuaries studied (Salmon River and Alsea) are drowning, while others are either keeping pace with sea level rise or actually growing. “In particular, the Oregon margin provides an opportunity to compare a number of important drivers of centennial salt marsh morphologic change, including relative sea level rise, suspended sediment supply, basin area, bay morphology, and coseismic subsidence related to Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquakes, all of which will be discussed in this dissertation.” (from the Abstract) |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/h128nn071 |