Historic, Recent, and Future Subsidence, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA

Historic, Recent, and Future Subsidence, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA

<p>To estimate and understand recent subsidence, we collected elevation and soils data on Bacon and Sherman islands in 2006 at locations of previous elevation measurements. Measured subsidence rates on Sherman Island from 1988 to 2006 averaged 1.23 cm/year (0.5 in/yr) and ranged from 0.7 to 1....

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Main Authors: Steven J Deverel, David A Leighton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2010-08-01
Series:San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Subjects:
Subsidence
organic soils
soil organic matter
Biogeochemistry
Geophysics and Seismology
Soil Science
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7xd4x0xw

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