Influences of tides, weather, and discharge on suspended sediment concentration

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-45

  Moskalski, Susanne ^a   Torres, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence analysis; Forcing mechanisms; San Francisco Bay; Suisun Bay; Suspended sediment concentration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SUISUN BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859001847     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Anderson F.E. Observations of some sedimentary processes acting on a tidal flat. Mar. Geol. 1973, 14:101-116.
2. Bendat J.S., Piersol A.G. Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures 2000, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
3. Boon J.D. Secrets of the tide: Tide and tidal current analysis and predictions, storm surges, and sea level trends 2004, Horwood Publishing Ltd, West Sussex, England.
4. Chalmers A.G., Wiegert R.G., Wolf P.L. Carbon balance in a salt marsh: Interactions of diffusive export, tidal deposition and rainfall-caused erosion. Estuar. Coast. Shelf S 1985, 21:757-771.
5. Chen S.L., Zhang G.A., Yang S.L., Shi J.Z. Temporal variations of fine suspended sediment concentration in the Changjiang River estuary and adjacent coastal waters, China. J. Hydrol. 2006, 331:137-145.
6. Cook T.L., Sommerfield C.K., Wong K.-C. Observations of tidal and springtime sediment transport in the upper Delaware Estuary. Estuar. Coast. Shelf S 2007, 72:235-246.
7. Cuetara, J.I., Burau, J.R., Schoellhamer, D.H., 2001. Hydrodynamic and suspended-solids concentration measurements in Suisun Bay, California, 1995. USGS Water-Resources Investigations report no. 01-4086.
8. De Jonge V.N., van Beuskom J.E.E. Wind- and tide-induced resuspension of sediment and microphytobenthos from tidal flats in the Ems estuary. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1995, 40:766-778.
9. Dronkers J. Tide-induced residual transport of fine sediment. Physics of Shallow Estuaries and Bays 1986, 228-244. Springer-Verlag, New York. J. van de Kreek (Ed.).
10. French J.R., Burningham H., Benson T. Tidal and meteorological forcing of suspended sediment flux in a muddy mesotidal estuary. Estuaries Coast. 2008, 31:843-859.
11. Friedrichs C.T. York River physical oceanography and sediment transport. J. Coast. Res. 2009, 57:17-22.
12. Ganju N.K., Schoellhamer D.H. Annual sediment flux estimates in a tidal strain using surrogate measurements. Estuar. Coast. Shelf S 2006, 69:165-178.
13. Geyer W.R., Woodruff J.D., Traykovski P. Sediment transport and trapping in the Hudson River estuary. Estuaries 2001, 24:670-679.
14. Kornman B.A., de Deckere E.M.G.T. Temporal variation in sediment erodibility and suspended sediment dynamics in the Dollard estuary. J. Geol. Soc. (London) 1998, 139:231-242.
15. Krone R.B. Sedimentation in the San Francisco Bay system 1979, 347-385. The Urbanized Estuary. Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay. T.J. Conomos (Ed.).
16. Lacy, J.R., 2000. Circulation and transport in a semienclosed estuarine subembayment ,Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University. 226 pp.
17. Lopes J.F., Dias J.M., Dekeyser I. Numerical modeling of cohesive sediments transport in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon, Portugal. J. Hydrol. 2006, 319:176-198.
18. McKee L.J., Ganju N.K., Schoellhamer D.H. Estimates of suspended sediment entering SFBay from the Sacramento and San Joaquin delta, San Francisco Bay, California. J. Hydrol. 2006, 323:335-352.
19. Moskalski S., Sommerfield C., Wong K.-C. Oceanic and hydrologic influences on flow and water properties in the St. Jones River estuary, Delaware. Estuaries Coast. 2011, 34:800-813.
20. Nichols F.H., Cloern J.E., Luoma S.N., Peterson D.H. The modification of an estuary. Science 1986, 231:567-573.
21. Perez B.C., Day J.W., Rouse L.J., Shaw R.F., Wang M. Influence of Atchafalaya River discharge and winter frontal passage on suspended sediment concentration and flux in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana. Estuar. Coast. Shelf S 2000, 50:271-290.
22. Pilditch C.A., Widdows J., Kuhn N.J., Pope N.D., Brinsley M.D. Effects of low tide rainfall on the erodibility of intertidal cohesive sediments. Cont. Shelf Res. 2008, 28:1854-1865.
23. Pritchard D.W. Observations of circulation in coastal plain estuaries. Estuaries. Estuarine Turnover Time Models 145 1967, 37-44. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. G.H. Lauff (Ed.).
24. Ruhl, C.A., Schoellhamer, D.H., 1999. Time series of suspended-solids concentration in Honker Bay during water year 1997: 1997 Annual Report of the Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances, pp. 82-92. http://www.sfei.org/rmp/1997/c0304.htm.
25. Ruhl, C.A., Schoellhamer, D.H., 2004. Spatial and temporal variability of suspended-sediment concentrations in a shallow estuarine environment. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Sci. 2, article 1.
26. Schoellhamer D.H. Anthropogenic sediment resuspension mechanisms in a shallow microtidal estuary. Estuar., Coast. and Shelf Sci 1996, 43:533-548.
27. Schoellhamer D.H. Factors affecting suspended-solids concentrations in South San Francisco Bay, California. J. Geophys. Res. 1996, 101:12087-12095.
28. Schoellhamer D.H. Influence of salinity, bottom topography, and tides on locations of estuarine turbidity maxima in northern San Francisco Bay. Coastal and Estuarine Fine Sediment Transport Processes 2001, 343-357. Elsevier Science B.V. W.H. McAnally, A.J. Mehta (Eds.).
29. Settlemeyer J.L., Gardner L.R. Low-tide storm erosion in a salt marsh. Southeastern Geol 1975, 16:205-212.
30. Simpson J.H., Brown J., Matthews J., Allen G. Tidal straining, density currents, and stirring in the control of estuarine stratification. Estuaries 1990, 13:125-132.
31. Sommerfield C.S., Wong K.-C. Mechanisms of sediment flux and turbidity maintenance in the Delaware Estuary. J. Geophys. Res. 2011, 116:C01005. 10.1029/2010JC006462.
32. Torres R., Mwamba M.J., Goni M.A. Properties of intertidal marsh sediment mobilized by rainfall. Limnol. Oceanogr 2003, 48:1245-1253.
33. Van Maren D.S., Hoekstra P. Seasonal variation of hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in a shallow subtropical estuary: the Ba Lat River, Vietnam. Estuar. Coast. Shelf S 2004, 60:529-540.
34. Voulgaris G., Meyers S.T. Net effect of rainfall activity on salt-marsh sediment distribution. Mar. Geol 2004, 207:115-129.
35. Warner J.C., Schoellhamer D.H., Rulh C.A., Burau J.R. Floodtide pulses after low tides in shallow subembayments adjacent to deep channels. Estuar. Coast. Shelf S 2004, 60:213-228.
36. Webster I.T., Ford P.W. Delivery, deposition and redistribution of fine sediments within macrotidal Fitzroy Estuary/Keppel Bay: Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Cont. Shelf Res. 2010, 30:793-805.
37. Wong K.-C., Garvine R.W. Observations of wind-induced, subtidal variability in the Delaware Estuary. J. Geophys. Res. 1984, 89:10,589-10,597.
38. Wright, S.A., Schoellhamer, D.H., 2004. Trends in the Sediment Yield of the Sacramento River, California, 1957-2001. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Sci. 2, article 2.