Comparison of sediment supply to San Francisco Bay from watersheds draining the Bay Area and the Central Valley of California

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-62

  McKee, L J ^a   Lewicki, M ^b   Schoellhamer, D H ^c   Ganju, N K ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic variation; Estuary; Management; Sediment load; Suspended sediment; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIATION; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WATERSHEDS DRAINING; WETLAND RESTORATION;

ESTUARIES; MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

DREDGING;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BACKSCATTER; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL EROSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887197442     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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