Soil properties and soil radioisotope activity across Breton Sound basin wetlands (2008-2013)

Publication Date

2021-02-17

Start Date

2008-01-23

End Date

2013-02-28

Snedden, G.A., 2021, Soil properties and soil radioisotope activity across Breton Sound basin wetlands (2008-2013): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XWAXOT.

The sustainability of coastal wetlands largely hinges on their ability to accrue elevation capital at a rate that equals or exceeds relative sea-level rise. A better understanding of these processes is needed to accurately assess the sustainability of these landscapes, and to predict their response to restoration measures such as sediment delivery through river diversions. The data presented here, collected at 25 marsh sites in Breton Sound basin, Louisiana, between 2008 and 2013 with coring tubes 60 cm long and 10 cm in diameter, provide a means to assess whether accrual of elevation capital in this region can keep pace with sea-level rise, and provides insight into the region's sustainability in the coming decades.

• USGS Data Release Products
• USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center