The location, composition, and origin of oyster bars in mesohaline Chesapeake Bay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 391-409

  Smith, G F ^a   Roach, E B ^a   Bruce, D G ^a  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bar elevation; Bar stratigraphy; Chesapeake Bay; Oyster bars; Sub bottom features

Indexed keywords

BAR; COASTAL SEDIMENT; OYSTER CULTURE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE TERRACE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0037307718     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00191-9     Document Type: Article

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