Estimating river-sediment discharge to the ocean: Application to the Eel margin, northern California

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 13-28

  Syvitski, James P ^a   Morehead, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eel River; Fiver discharge; Numerical model; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MODEL; QUATERNARY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033514266     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00100-5     Document Type: Article

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