Chirol, Clementine, Spencer, Kate L., Carr, Simon, Möller, Iris, Evans, Ben, Lynch, Jason, Brooks, Helen and Royse, Katherine R. (2021) Effect of vegetation cover and sediment type on 3D subsurface structure and shear strength in saltmarshes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms . Item availability may be restricted.
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Abstract
The vulnerability of saltmarshes to lateral erosion at their margin depends on the local biogeomorphological properties of the substrate. In particular, the 3D architecture of pore and root systems is expected to influence shear strength, with repercussions for the wider-scale stability of saltmarshes. We apply X-Ray Computed Microtomography (μCT) to visualise and quantify subsurface structures in two UK saltmarshes at Tillingham Farm, Essex (silt/clay rich substrate) and Warton Sands (sand rich substrate), with four types of ground cover: bare ground, Spartina spp, Salicornia spp and Puccinellia spp. We extracted μCT structural parameters that characterise pore and root morphologies at each station, and compared them with field measurements of shear strength using a principal component analysis and correlation tests.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal / Publication Title: | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 1096-9837 |
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| Departments: | Departments > Science, Natural Resources and Outdoor Studies > Forestry and Conservation |
| Additional Information: | ** Article version: VoR ** From Crossref journal articles via Jisc Publications Router ** History: epub 05-06-2021; issued 05-06-2021. ** Licence for VoR version of this article starting on 05-06-2021: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| Depositing User: | Insight Administrator |
| SWORD Depositor: | Insight Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2021 09:26 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2021 20:00 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/6139 |
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