Boundary layer dynamics and sediment transport under storm and non-storm conditions on the Scotian Shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 157-181

  Li, Michael Z ^a   Amos, Carl L ^a   Heffler, David E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer dynamics; Combined waves and currents; Continental shelf; Sediment transport thresholds; Storm sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; RIPPLE MIGRATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; STORMS; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC, SCOTIAN SHELF;

EID: 0030660605     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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