Field measurements of fairweather bottom boundary layer processes and sediment suspension on the Louisiana inner continental shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 329-345

  Wright, L D ^a   Sherwood, C R ^b,d   Sternberg, R W ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer; Continental shelf; Mississippi Delta; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

GULF OF MEXICO, LOUISIANA SHELF;

EID: 0030765830     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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