Sediment transport in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System: An overview

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-17

  Barnard, Patrick L ^a   Schoellhamer, David H ^a,b   Jaffe, Bruce E ^a   McKee, Lester J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Estuaries; Physical processes; Provenance; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POLITICAL BOUNDARIES; PROVENANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH; WETLAND RESTORATION;

BOILER CIRCULATION; LAND RECLAMATION; RESEARCH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND RECLAMATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO DELTA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887153118     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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