Effects of human alterations on the hydrodynamics and sediment transport in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 367, Issue , 2014, Pages 399-406

  Marineau, M D ^a   Wright, S A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

delta; dredging; sediment budget; sediment transport; shear velocity; tidal channel; tidal prism

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FLOODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR FLOW;

DELTA; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SHEAR VELOCITIES; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL PRISM;

DREDGING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DELTA; DREDGING; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEVEE; MARSH; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; TIDAL CHANNEL;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944681115     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/piahs-367-399-2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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