A step decrease in sediment concentration in a highly modified tidal river delta following the 1983 El Niño floods

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 304-313

  Hestir, Erin L ^a,c   Schoellhamer, David H ^b   Morgan King, Tara ^b   Ustin, Susan L ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; San Francisco Estuary; Sediment supply; Step change; Total suspended solids

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; EL NIÑO; RIVER DELTAS; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARIES; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; STEP CHANGES; SUSPENDED SOLID CONCENTRATION; TIDAL RIVER; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ESTUARIES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; DISTURBANCE; EL NINO; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887162466     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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