The use of modeling and suspended sediment concentration measurements for quantifying net suspended sediment transport through a large tidally dominated inlet

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-112

  Erikson, Li H ^a   Wright, Scott A ^a   Elias, Edwin ^b   Hanes, Daniel M ^c   Schoellhamer, David H ^a   Largier, John ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c Saint Louis University School of Science and Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Delft3D; Estuaries; Inlet sediment flux; San Francisco Bay; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

DELFT3D; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MONITORING SITES; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEDIMENT EXCHANGES; SEDIMENT FLUX; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX;

ESTUARIES; GOLD; INLET FLOW; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL INLET;

ALCATRAZ; CALIFORNIA; GOLDEN GATE ESTUARY; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887194233     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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