Estimating global shelf sediment mobility due to swell waves

Marine Geology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 171-177

  Harris, Peter T ^a   Coleman, Richard ^b,c  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental shelves; Sediment mobility; Sediments; Waves

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SWELL;

EID: 0031733903     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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