Nepheloid structure and hydrographic control on the Barcelona continental margin, northwestern Mediterranean

Marine Geology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 39-54

  Puig, Pere ^a   Palanques, Albert ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Front; Nepheloid layer; Particulate matter; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HYDROGRAPH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032146014     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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