Tidal marsh mainland at low. Some mechanisms of barrier island formation are offshore bar theory, spit accretion theory, and climate change. The presence of saline resistant plants does not prevent or materially impact erosion rates of tidal marsh islands, being subordinate to soil type. Tidal marsh A tidal marsh (also known as a "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean. Tidal marshes experience many overlapping persistent cycles, including diurnal and semi-diurnal tides, day-night temperature fluctuations, spring-neap tides, seasonal vegetation growth and decay, upland
Investigations and prosecutions relating to the Mountain Meadows massacre Investigations and prosecutions relating to the Mountain Meadows massacre The pursuit of the perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows massacre, which atrocity occurred September 11, 1857, had to await the conclusion of the American Civil War to begin in earnest. Evidence as to whether or not Brigham Young ordered the attack on the migrant column is conflicted. Historians still debate the autonomy and precise roles of local Cedar City LDS church officials in ordering the massacre and Young's concealing of evidence in its aftermath. Young's use of inflammatory and violent language in response to the Federal expedition added to the tense