Hydrodynamic and sediment transport data from San Pablo Bay and China Camp marsh (northern San Francisco Bay), 2013-2016.

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Publication Date: 2017-12-26
Start Date: 2013
End Date: 2016

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Lacy, J.R., Allen, R.M., Foster-Martinez, M.R., Ferreira, J.C., and O'Neill, A.C., 2017, Hydrodynamic and sediment transport data from San Pablo Bay and China Camp marsh (northern San Francisco Bay), 2013-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7HM56MX.

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The U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center collected data to investigate sediment dynamics in the shallows of San Pablo Bay and sediment exchange between bay shallows and the tidal salt marsh in China Camp State Park in a series of deployments between December 2013 and June 2016. This data release includes two related groups of data sets. The first group, denoted by names starting with CHC, is from deployments with stations in the San Pablo Bay channel, shallows, and mudflats, and within China Camp marsh. The second, denoted by names starting with SP, is from deployments at a subset of the stations in the San Pablo Bay shallows, collected during intervals between the CHC deployments. Stations locations, instrumentation, [...]

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The U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center collected data to investigate sediment dynamics in the shallows of San Pablo Bay and sediment exchange between bay shallows and the tidal salt marsh in China Camp State Park in a series of deployments between December 2013 and June 2016. This data release includes two related groups of data sets. The first group, denoted by names starting with CHC, is from deployments with stations in the San Pablo Bay channel, shallows, and mudflats, and within China Camp marsh. The second, denoted by names starting with SP, is from deployments at a subset of the stations in the San Pablo Bay shallows, collected during intervals between the CHC deployments. Stations locations, instrumentation, and data types are detailed on the pages for each deployment.

Salt marshes are indispensable coastal environments, providing critical habitat for several endangered wildlife species, nutrients to coastal waters, and coastal protection to nearby communities, yet these areas are vulnerable to sea-level rise. Marshes adapt to sea-level rise by accreting plant-derived material and imported sediment from adjacent waters. However, many of the models and simulations used to predict how marshes will respond to sea-level rise rely upon simplistic representations of sediment supply. The CHC experiments were designed to improve understanding of the temporal variability of sediment transport to marshes, and the factors governing this variability. A second objective was to quantify spatial patterns of suspended sediment concentration (SSC), which is an indicator of sediment available to the marsh, in San Pablo Bay shallows and within the marsh. The objective of the SP deployments was to extend the investigation of spatial and temporal variability in SSC and sediment dynamics in the San Pablo Bay shallows to the full range of seasonal conditions. Together these data sets are intended to better inform predictions of marsh resilience, and support improvements to sediment transport models for estuaries.

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Point of Contact :: Jessica R Lacy
Originator :: Jessica R Lacy, Rachel Allen, Madeline R Foster-Martinez, Joanne C. T Ferreira, Andrea O'Neill
Metadata Contact :: Jessica R Lacy
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Natural Hazards
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Foster-Martinez and others, 2018, Wave attenuation across a tidal marsh in San Francisco Bay: Coastal Engineering, v. 136, p. 26-40.	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.02.001
Lacy and others, 2018, The influence of neap-spring tidal variation and wave energy on sediment flux in salt marsh tidal creeks: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 43, p. 2384-2396.	https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4401
Allen and others, 2019, Seasonal, spring‐neap, and tidal variation in cohesive sediment transport parameters in estuarine shallows: JGR Oceans, v. 124, p. 7265-7284.	https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014825
Lacy and others, 2020, Seasonal variation in sediment delivery across the bay-marsh interface of an estuarine salt marsh: JGR Oceans, v. 125, e2019JC015268.	https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015268

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