Hurricanes along the Southeast Atlantic Coast build marsh resiliency through mineral sedimentation

Salt marshes worldwide are threatened by sea-level rise, and their survival is linked to production of belowground biomass and mineral sediment deposition. While hurricanes can pose a significant threat to salt-marsh stability, we show that a single, large magnitude storm can drive deposition surpassing those long-term annual accretion. However, the potential thickness of a single hurricane-induced depositional layer remains poorly constrained.