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Yiyang Xu

Graduate Student

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Boston University

Advisor: Sergio Fagherazzi

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yiyangxu@bu.edu

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-4743

Publications by Yiyang Xu

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Xu, Y., Kalra, T. S., Ganju, N. K., & Fagherazzi, S. (2022). Modeling the Dynamics of Salt Marsh Development in Coastal Land Reclamation. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(6), e2021GL095559. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095559

The Plum Island Ecosystems LTER is a administered by the Marine Biological Laboratory and is a member of the U.S. LTER Network supported by the National Science Foundation.

Our work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreements OCE-9726921, OCE-0423565, OCE-1058747, OCE-1238212, OCE-1637630. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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