A Sr-Nd isotopic study of sand-sized sediment provenance and transport for the San Francisco Bay coastal system

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-153

  Rosenbauer, Robert J ^a   Foxgrover, Amy C ^a   Hein, James R ^a   Swarzenski, Peter W ^a  

^a Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical tracers; Isotopes; Mixing models; Rare earth elements; Sand sized sediment provenance and transport; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; MIXING MODELS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SAND; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

GEOACCUMULATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGNETITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTICLE SIZE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887189932     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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