STORM-SURGE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-SEA SALT MARSHES DATED BY CS-134 AND CS-137 DETERMINATION

Authors
EHLERS J NAGORNY K SCHMIDT P STIEVE B ZIETLOW K
Citation
J. Ehlers et al., STORM-SURGE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-SEA SALT MARSHES DATED BY CS-134 AND CS-137 DETERMINATION, Journal of coastal research, 9(3), 1993, pp. 698-701
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Marine & Freshwater Biology","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Journal of coastal research → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490208
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
698 - 701
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0208(1993)9:3<698:SDINSM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
At the margins of eroding salt marshes on the German North Sea coast, shell layers have been identified and interpreted as storm surge depos its. This interpretation is supported by cesium dating of the younger part of the sequence. The dates indicate an almost constant sedimentat ion rate over the last thirty-five years. Extrapolation of this rate t o older storm surge deposits enables the identification of individual storm surge strata back to 1926.