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| aquatic animal that feeds on small organisms |
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| Sedimentary bedding created when a sediment is exposed to intermittent flow, leading to sand and mud layers. |
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Displacement and mixing of sediment particles
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| Filmentous algae on a marine water bottom. |
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replace salt marsh on central Texas Coast and South.
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| usually found in fresh water, composed of thick/floating mats of vegetation w/ open water beneath |
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| Form along the base of coastal bluffs or muddy sediment |
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| A coarse wiry coastal grass, used to stabilize mud flats |
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Salt Hay (Spartina Patterns)
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| Salt meadow grass from newfound land |
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| water-retaining depressions, retain water in summer |
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| Marine plant w/ long ribbon like leaves that grow in costal waters |
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| Waste of derris/gravel, sand, silt. |
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| Smooth cord grass/ salt marsh cord grass, found in wetlands/salt marshes/estuaries |
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| submerged plant with very long narrow leaves in Atlantic Coasts |
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| A plant adapted to growing in saline conditions |
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1. Why does sediment collect in back barrier settings?
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Back-barrier is like a sponge, it slows nature of tidal waves/filtering by organisms
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2. What is the magnitude and cause of time-velocity asymmetry?
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A. Back-barrier sponge
B. Slow nature of tidal wave
C. Inlet blocks flood tide
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7. Describe a salt marsh setting common in Maine, but not other locations?
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8. Why does the low marsh sediment contain a smaller proportion of plant remains (peat) than the high marsh sediment?
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Low marsh is flooded twice daily by tidal action.
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