Anthropogenic influence on sedimentation and intertidal mudflat change in San Pablo Bay, California: 1856-1983

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 175-187

  Jaffe, Bruce E ^a   Smith, Richard E ^b   Foxgrover, Amy C ^a  

^a US Geol Survey Pacific Sci Ctr   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

bathymetry; California; estuary; intertidal flats; long term changes; San Francisco Bay; San Francisco Estuary; San Pablo Bay; sedimentation; tidal flats; USA

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINING; MUDFLAT; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

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

EID: 34247589473     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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