Sediment transport by streams draining into the Delaware Estuary
Water Supply Paper
1532-H
By: Lawrence J. Mansue and Allen B. Commings
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Abstract
The quantity of sediment transported by streams draining into the Delaware estuary from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware varies areally according to geology, physiography, and land use. Of the estimated total sediment load of 1.6 million tons entering the Delaware estuary annually, about 48 percent is contributed by the Delaware River main stem at Trenton, NJ; 34 percent by Pennsylvania tributaries; and 18 percent by New Jersey and Delaware tributaries.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Sediment transport by streams draining into the Delaware Estuary |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 1532 |
| Chapter | H |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp1532H |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Contributing office(s) | Pennsylvania Water Science Center |
| Description | 18 p. :illus., maps. ;24 cm. |