Mississippi Delta subsidence primarily caused by compaction of Holocene strata
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Floodplain isolation has resulted in decreases in groundwater levels, soil consolidation, decomposition of organic materials that are no longer replenished, and agricultural activities such as grazing that can further compact the soil.
“Floodplain isolation has resulted in decreases in groundwater levels, soil consolidation, decomposition of organic materials that are no longer replenished, and agricultural activities such as grazing that can further compact the soil (Cannon 2015;Tornqvist et al. 2008).”
From Shallow-Water Habitat in the Lower Columbia River Estuary: A Highly Altered System (2024) · cites this paper as Tornqvist et al. 2008
The available copy contains a title about Holocene-strata compaction and bibliographic material, but no substantive passage addressing the effects of floodplain isolation. Searches for groundwater decline, organic-material decomposition, grazing, and soil consolidation found no passage establishing the claimed causal links. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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“Floodplain isolation has resulted in decreases in groundwater levels, soil consolidation, decomposition of organic materials that are no longer replenished, and agricultural activities such as grazing that can further compact the soil (Cannon 2015; Tornqvist et al. 2008).”
- Authors
- Törnqvist, T. E., Wallace, D. J., Storms, J. E. A., Wallinga, J., van Dam, R. L., Blaauw, M., Derksen, M. S., Klerks, C. J. W., Meijneken, C., & Snijders, E. M. A.
- Affiliations
- Tulane University (US)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Törnqvist, Torbjörn E.
- Wallace, Davin J.
- Storms, Joep E. A.
- Wallinga, Jakob
- Blaauw, Martijn
- Derksen, Mayke S.
- Klerks, Cornelis J. W.
- Meijneken, Camiel
- Snijders, Els M. A.
- Venue
- Nature Geoscience
- Published
- 2008-02-17
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 173-176
- ISSN
- 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
- 1752-0908
- OpenAlex
- W2009721490
- Cited by
- 521
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 32.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Geoscience (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Geological formations and processes
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Keywords
- coastal subsidence, peat compaction, relative sea-level rise, Mississippi Delta, coastal Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina, coastal wetland loss, compaction rate
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