Sediment Coring in Virginia Wetlands
Detailed Description
Research Geologist Dr. Miriam Jones holds a coring device used to core Holocene sediments from Virginia wetlands along a tributary of the Yorktown River. Dr. Jones and her colleagues are studying the effects of increased tidal inundation along the Yorktown’s tributaries as rates of sea-level rise increase. As sea level rises, tidal inundation and salinity transitions forested wetlands to marshes (pictured), which alters vegetation and biogeochemical dynamics.
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