Dispersal of river sediment in the Southern California Bight

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 454, Issue , 2009, Pages 53-67

  Warrick, Jonathan A ^a   Farnsworth, Katherine L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MORPHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL PROCESS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACCUMULATION RATE; COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT DIRECTION; DISPERSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVITY FLOW; PROVENANCE; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHELF DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

EID: 74349085413     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2454(2.3)     Document Type: Article

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