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For more than a century, USGS scientists have conducted research in California’s Bay-Delta region. Informing natural-resource management decisions on the region’s issues, this research has been published in thousands of documents, some highlighted below.

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January 1, 1977

Suspended particle transport and circulation in San Francisco Bay - an overview Suspended particle transport and circulation in San Francisco Bay - an overview

Differences in the relative magnitude and timing of wind stress and river inflow in the northern and southern reaches of San Francisco Bay create different sedimentary conditions. The northern reach is a partially to well mixed estuary receiving most of the total annual fresh-water input (840 m3 sec−1) and suspended sediment input (4 × 106metric tons) into the bay; more than 80% of the...

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T. J. Conomos, D. H. Peterson

San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary

January 1, 1977