Giant sand waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay

Eos

Volumn 87, Issue 29, 2006, Pages 285-289

  Barnard, Patrick L ^a   Hanes, Daniel M ^a   Rubin, David M ^a   Kvitek, Rikk G ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRAIN SIZE; SAND WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845286603     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006eo290003     Document Type: Article

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