Integration of bed characteristics, geochemical tracers, current measurements, and numerical modeling for assessing the provenance of beach sand in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-206

  Barnard, Patrick L ^a   Foxgrover, Amy C ^a   Elias, Edwin P L ^a,b   Erikson, Li H ^a   Hein, James R ^a   McGann, Mary ^a   Mizell, Kira ^a   Rosenbauer, Robert J ^a   Swarzenski, Peter W ^a   Takesue, Renee K ^a   Wong, Florence L ^a   Woodrow, Donald L ^a  

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

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Foraminifera; Heavy minerals; Isotopes; Numerical modeling; Provenance; Rare earth elements; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BED CHARACTERISTICS; BEDFORMS; FORAMINIFERA; HEAVY MINERALS; PROVENANCE; SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MINERALOGIES;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BEACHES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDFORM; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DREDGING; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROVENANCE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84887199928     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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