Rapid and widespread dispersal of flood sediment on the northern California margin

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-166

  Wheatcroft, R A ^a   Sommerfield, C K ^b   Drake, D E ^c   Borgeld, J C ^d   Nittrouer, C A ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLOOD SEDIMENTS; RETURN PERIODS; SEA BED; SEDIMENT FLUX; SMALL RIVERS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; DISPERSAL; FLOODS; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT FLUX;

CALIFORNIA; EEL RIVER; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA MARGIN; PACIFIC; USA;

EID: 0030900046     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0163:RAWDOF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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