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Applications for Assessing Sediment Sources in Back-Barrier Systems

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dc.contributor.advisorJonathan D. Woouff
dc.contributor.advisorBrian Yellen
dc.contributor.advisorTimothy L. Cook
dc.contributor.advisorJeffrey Salacup
dc.contributor.authorLadlow, Caroline
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentGeosciences
dc.date2024-03-28T19:27:10.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T18:28:06Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T18:28:06Z
dc.date.submittedSeptember
dc.date.submitted2019
dc.description.abstractIn order to improve our understanding of present and future coastal environmental change, we look into the past using sediment that accumulates in coastal environments. We have done this for two disparate systems: a back-barrier lagoon in southwestern Japan, and freshwater tidal marshes along the Hudson River, New York, USA. In Japan, we used a 2,500-year sediment record to investigate coastal flood risk from tsunamis and typhoons. This is a critical area of study to better understand the spatial and temporal variability of these hazards in Japan. In the Hudson River we looked at modern (since 1800) deposition of sediment in anthropogenically constructed embayments that have formed tidal wetlands in the last few centuries. A better understanding of the factors that have attributed to these successful tidal marsh systems in the past can help inform future management decisions in the face of future sea level rise. Studying the history of coastal systems using the sediment record is a valuable tool for assessing hazard risk and habitat loss in the present and future.
dc.description.degreeMaster of Science (M.S.)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/15208588
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-4768
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/33899
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1888&context=masters_theses_2&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectsedimentology
dc.subjecttidal wetlands
dc.subjecttyphoons
dc.subjectmarshes
dc.subjectcoast
dc.subjectnatural hazards
dc.titleApplications for Assessing Sediment Sources in Back-Barrier Systems
dc.typecampusfive
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