Shifting shoals and shattered rocks - How man has transformed the floor of West-Central San Francisco Bay

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1259, 2004, Pages 1-30

  Chin, John L ^a   Wong, Florence L ^a   Carlson, Paul R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; SEAFLOOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144232912     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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