Sources of sediment to the coastal waters of the Southern California Bight

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 454, Issue , 2009, Pages 39-52

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LAND USE; RIVERS;

RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL WATER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149170962     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2454(2.2)     Document Type: Article

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