Anthropogenic Influence on Recent Bathymetric Change in West-Central San Francisco Bay

Anthropogenic Influence on Recent Bathymetric Change in West-Central San Francisco Bay

<p>Two multibeam sonar surveys of west-central San Francisco Bay, California, were conducted in 1997 and 2008. Bathymetric change analysis between the two surveys indicates a loss of 14.1 million cubic meters (-3.1 cm/yr) of sediment during this time period, representing an approximately three...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Patrick Barnard, Rikk Kvitek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2010-09-01
Series:San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Subjects:
bathymetry
multibeam sonar
estuary
anthropogenic
dredging
aggregate mining
sediment transport
Geology
Natural Resources Management and Policy
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
Other Earth Sciences
Other Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
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