Seafloor morphology and sedimentary processes, Knight Inlet, British Columbia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 201-228

  Ren, Ping ^a,d   Bornhold, Brian D ^b   Prior, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM CHARACTERISTICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FJORDS; SEA FLOOR MORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, KNIGHT INLET;

EID: 0029752734     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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