Quantifying 20th century deposition in complex estuarine environment: An example from the Hudson River

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-174

  Nitsche, F O ^a   Kenna, T C ^a   Haberman, M ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Hudson river; Sediment accumulation; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEDFORM; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN TIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

HAVERSTRAW BAY; HUDSON RIVER; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955511462     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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