Accommodation space controls on the latest pleistocene and holocene (16-0 ka) sediment size and bypassing in the Lower Columbia River Valley: A large fluvial-tidal system in Oregon and Washington, USA

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1191-1211

  Peterson, Curt D ^a   Gates, Edward B ^b   Minor, Rick ^c   Baker, Diana L ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Water Resources   (United States)

^c Heritage Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^d Beaverton School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin accommodation space; Holocene transgression; incised valley; sediment bypassing; sediment size

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEDLOAD; FILL; FOREARC BASIN; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSGRESSION;

COLUMBIA VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84884601227     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00172.1     Document Type: Article

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