Bay sediment budget: Sediment accounting 101
Pulse of the Estuary
2005
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Abstract
- Comparison of a budget developed for 1955-1990 with a budget developed for 1995- 2002 showed decreasing sediment inflow and increased amounts leaving the Bay to upland disposal and sand mining, resulting in an increased rate of erosion of sediment from the Bay floor
- Finding a way to shift disposal from the Ocean back to the Bay could provide sediment for restoration projects and decrease dredging costs
- Increased erosion of the Bay is mobilizing legacy contaminants from the sediment bed
- Restoration projects could increase erosion and mobilization of legacy contaminants
- Sand mining, ignored in previous budgets, removes almost twice as much sediment from the Bay as dredging
Suggested Citation
Schoellhamer, D., Lionberger, M., Jaffe, B.E., Ganju, N., Wright, S., Shellenbarger, G., 2005, Bay sediment budget: Sediment accounting 101: Pulse of the Estuary 2005, 6 p.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Report |
| Title | Bay sediment budget: Sediment accounting 101 |
| Series title | Pulse of the Estuary |
| Series number | 2005 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | San Francisco Estuary Institute |
| Publisher location | Oakland, CA |
| Contributing office(s) | San Francisco Bay-Delta, Pacific Regional Director's Office |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Report |
| Larger Work Title | 2005 Pulse of the estuary: Monitoring and managing water quality in the San Francisco Estuary |
| First page | 58 |
| Last page | 63 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | San Francisco Bay |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |