Early holocene evolution of San Francisco Estuary, Northern California

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 704-713

  Schweikhardt, Peter ^a   Sloan, Doris ^b   Ingram, B Lynn ^b  

^a Alameda Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

18O; biogenic carbonate; estuaries; estuarine circulation; Foraminifera; Oxygen isotopes; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77954614590     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1039.1     Document Type: Article

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