Late Holocene Marsh Expansion in Southern San Francisco Bay, California

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 643-653

  Watson, Elizabeth Burke ^a   Byrne, Roger ^b  

^a Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine Stratigraphy; Little Ice Age; Marsh elevation; San Francisco Bay; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; COAST; EROSION; FRESHWATER; HOLOCENE; INFLOW; LAND USE; LITTLE ICE AGE; LIVESTOCK; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE; SIMULATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL MODELING; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876847120     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9598-z     Document Type: Article

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