A sediment budget for the Choptank River, one of the three largest estuaries on the eastern
shore of Chesapeake Bay, was developed from measurements of sediment carried in …

Rapid sedimentation in the upper and central portions of tributary estuaries of the
Chesapeake Bay typically has been attributed to clearing of land and subsequent upland …

Dated horizons in the cores are used to calculate sedimentation rates and sediment fluxes,
which vary from 0.21 to 1.72 centimeters per annum and from 0.09 to 1.14 grams per square …

The Susquehanna is the only river that discharges directly into the main body of the
Chesapeake Bay. All the other rivers flow into tributary estuaries and most of their sediment …

Drastic changes in sediment production in drainage basins can have significant impacts on
sediment yield to estuaries. However, significant but less spectacular changes in fluvial …

Quantifying suspended sediment loads is important for managing the world's estuaries in the
context of navigation, pollutant transport, wetland restoration, and coastal erosion. To …

Abstract The Hudson River estuary has a pronounced turbidity maximum zone, in which
rapid, short-term deposition of sediment occurs during and following the spring freshet …

Chesapeake Bay Sediment Budget Page 1 Journal of Coastal Research 8 2 292-300 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida Spring 1992 Chesapeake Bay Sediment Budget Carl H. Hobbs, IIIt, Jeffrey …

Sources and losses of total suspended matter (seston) and organic carbon are identified
and estimated for northern Chesapeake Bay. Suspended matter in the northernmost …

ABSTRACT STUMPF, RP, 1988. Sediment transport in Chesapeake Bay during floods:
analysis using satellite and sur observations. Journal of Coastal Research, 4 (1), 1-15 …