New methods for estimating annual and long-term suspended sediment loads from small tributaries to San Francisco Bay

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 121-125

  Lewicki, Mikolaj ^a   Mckee, Lester ^b  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology; Sediment budget; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BAY AREAS; CALIFORNIA , USA; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOUR-ORDER; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; METHODS OF ANALYSIS; PEAK FLOWS; SAN FRANCISCO; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TRACE METAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; ESTIMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; MAGNITUDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RESEARCH WORK; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL; TRIBUTARY; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952635536     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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