Historic, Recent, and Future Subsidence, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA

• Main Authors: Steven J Deverel, David A Leighton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2010
• Subjects: Subsidence; organic soils; soil organic matter; Biogeochemistry; Geophysics and Seismology; Soil Science; envir; geo; Sherman Island
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/a7e256995d56468ca4cd5a806377e451

To estimate and understand recent subsidence, we collected elevation and soils data on Bacon and Sherman islands in 2006 at locations of previous elevation measurements. Measured subsidence rates on Sherman Island from 1988 to 2006 averaged 1.23 cm/year (0.5 in/yr) and ranged from 0.7 to 1.7 cm/year...