Adjustment of the San Francisco estuary and watershed to decreasing sediment supply in the 20th century

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-71

  Schoellhamer, David H ^a   Wright, Scott A ^a   Drexler, Judith Z ^a  

^a California Water Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Hydraulic mining; Sacramento Valley; San Francisco Bay; Sediment supply; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; CHARACTERISTIC LINES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; MODELING FEATURES; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARIES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

DAMS; DEFORESTATION; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MINING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHEDS;

ESTUARIES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERGRAZING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887133473     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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