Buried scour marks as indicators of palaeo-current direction at the Mary Rose wreck site

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 405-413

  Quinn, R ^a   Bull, J M ^a   Dix, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chirp; Palaeo current; Scour; Shipwreck; Sub bottom profiler

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DIRECTION; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCURRENT ANALYSIS; SCOUR MARK; SCOUR MARKS; SEDIMENTARY RECORD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

UK, ENGLAND, SOLENT;

EID: 0030840613     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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