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Lifespan of marsh units in Eastern Shore of Virginia salt marshes

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Defne, Z., Ganju, N.K., and Ackerman, K.V., 2024, Lifespan of marsh units in Eastern Shore of Virginia salt marshes: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14GBAVB.

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The lifespans of salt marshes in Atlantic-facing Eastern Shore of Virginia are calculated based on estimated sediment supply and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions, following the methodology of Ganju and others (2020). The salt marsh delineations are from Ackerman and others (2023). The SLR predictions are local estimates corresponding to increases of 0.3, 0.5 and 1.0 meter in global mean sea level (GMSL) by 2100, as projected by Sweet and others (2022). This work has been a part of the USGS’s effort to expand the national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands. The aim is to equip federal, state and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these [...]

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The purpose of this shapefile is to present lifespan estimates, based on three different SLR estimates (Sweet and others, 2022), for each salt marsh unit in the Eastern Shore of Virginia as defined by the USGS (Ackerman and others, 2023).

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This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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