Boundary layer measurements and their implications for sediment transport on the eastern Norwegian Sea continental slope

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 719-743

  McPhee, Erika E ^a   Nowell, Arthur R M ^a   Sternberg, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEAR ISLAND FAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0032053229     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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