Winter variability of physical processes and sediment-transport events on the Eel River shelf, northern California

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2050-2072

  Guerra, J V ^a   Ogston, A S ^b   Sternberg, R W ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelves; Eel River shelf; El Ni o; Interannual variability; La Ni a; Northern California; River floods; Sediment transport events

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; FLOOD; LA NINA; MUDFLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF WAVE; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA SHELF; EEL RIVER; EEL SHELF; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750368517     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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