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Sedimentation Changes in San Pablo Bay 1856 - 1983
United States Geological Survey
Jaffe, B. E., Smith, R. E., and Torresan, L. Z.

Analysis of historical surveys of San Francisco Bay provides a long-term perspective of the changing sediment system and is the key to understanding and managing the many related changes to the Bay and its shores.

San Pablo Bay
These web pages are based on the USGS Open-File Report 98-759, "Sedimentation and bathymetric change in San Pablo Bay, 1856-1983" by Jaffe, B. E., Smith, R. E., and Torresan, L. Z.; and the poster (shown below) presented at the 3rd Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, in San Francisco, California.
Sedimentation Changes in San Pablo Bay poster

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