Wetland sedimentation from hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Abstract
More than 131 × 10 6 metric tons (MT) of inorganic sediments accumulated in coastal wetlands when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita crossed the Louisiana coast in 2005, plus another 281 × 10 6 MT when accumulation was prorated for open water area. The annualized combined amount of inorganic sediments per hurricane equals (i) 12% of the Mississippi River's suspended load, (ii) 5.5 times the inorganic load delivered by overbank flooding before flood protection levees were constructed, and (iii) 227 times the amount introduced by a river diversion built for wetland restoration. The accumulation from hurricanes is sufficient to account for all the inorganic sediments in healthy saltmarsh wetlands.
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Hurricanes may have had beneficial effects by stabilizing parts of the coastline via deposition of silt and sediments.
“However, the hurricanes may have also had beneficial effects by stabilizing parts of the coastline via the deposition of tons of silt and sediments [92].”
From North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control (2012) · cites this paper as [92]
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Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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“However, the hurricanes may have also had beneficial effects by stabilizing parts of the coastline via the deposition of tons of silt and sediments [92].”
Background
- Authors
- Turner, R. E., Baustian, J. J., Swenson, E. M., & Spicer, J. S.
- Affiliations
- Louisiana State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Turner, R. Eugene
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2006-10-20
- Volume
- 314
- Issue
- 5798
- Pages
- 449-452
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2022880783
- Cited by
- 340
- References
- 10
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- FWCI
- 15.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Keywords
- Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, coastal wetlands, salt marshes, overbank flooding, river diversion, wetland restoration, coastal Louisiana
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