Sediment Grain-size Data from sediment core samples collected in March/April 2014 from Assateague Island and the mainland of Virginia and Maryland (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Numbers 2014-301-FA, and 2014-322-FA).
The influence of tropical and extratropical cyclones on coastal wetlands and marshes is highly variable in both space and time and depends on a number of climatic, geologic, and physical variables.  The impacts storms can be either positive or negative with respect to the wetland and marsh ecosystems. Small to …