Eel River margin source-to-sink sediment budgets: Revisited

Marine Geology

Volumn 351, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-37

  Warrick, Jonathan A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eel River; Sediment budget; Source to sink; STRATAFORM

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; RIVERS;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SOURCE TO SINKS; STRATAFORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DATA SET; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CALIFORNIA SHELF; EEL SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84897416989     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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