Some evidences of northward fine sediment transport in the northern Portuguese continental shelf

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-231

  Drago, Teresa ^a   Oliveira, Anabela ^b   Magalhães, Fernando ^c   Cascalho, João ^c   Jouanneau, Jean Marie ^d   Vitorino, João ^b  

^a Inst Investigacao do Mar e das P   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

^c Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biotite; Fine sediments; Portuguese shelf; Sediment transport; Winter regime

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGUESE SHELF;

EID: 0032029079     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(98)80010-8     Document Type: Article

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