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Coastal Marsh at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

By Climate Research and Development Program
a surface elevation table-marker horizon station in coastal marsh at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
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A coastal marsh site at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near St. Charles Bay, Texas. A surface elevation table-marker horizon (SET-MH) station is hidden beneath the marsh vegetation. The SET-MH is used to record changes in marsh surface elevation through time. Taken by William C. Vervaeke, 4/5/2018 (USGS).

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