The role of sedimentation in estuarine marsh development within the San Francisco Estuary, California, USA

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 970-979

  Culberson, Steven D ^a   Foin, Theodore C ^b   Collins, Joshua N ^c  

^a Division of Environmental Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Geomorphology; Salinity gradient; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ELEVATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL FLAT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9444244528     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0033.1     Document Type: Article

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