Properties and distribution of sediment in the Salton Sea, California: An assessment of predictive models

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 604, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-110

  Anderson, M A ^a   Whiteaker, L ^a   Wakefield, E ^b   Amrhein, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Wildermuth Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Dynamic ratio; Salton Sea; Sediment resuspension; Wave theory

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DYNAMIC RATIOS; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; WAVE THEORY;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; RESUSPENSION; SALINE LAKE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41049112903     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9308-1     Document Type: Article

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