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Tag: SF Bay Delta

  • Physics and Chemistry of San Francisco Bay Sediments – Lectures by Professor Ray B. Krone, 1991

    By Jay Lund, Jamie Anderson, William Fleenor, and Fabián A. Bombardelli San Francisco Bay is a tidally-energetic estuary where clay muds are the dominant sediment building wetlands, depositing in channels and harbors, and responding to sea level rise since San Francisco Bay was most recently inundated about 8,000 years ago.  These sediments mainly come from…

  • Microplastic Pollution: Impact on the SF Bay Delta and Remediation Strategies

    “Microplastic Pollution: Impact on the SF Bay Delta and Remediation Strategies” Symposium with Delta Stewardship Council and Coastal Marine Sciences Institute By Miranda Bell-Tilcock In May, I had the privilege of attending the Microplastic Pollution: Impact on the SF Bay Delta and Remediation Strategies symposium hosted by the Coastal Marine Sciences Institute (CMSI) and the…