Estimates of suspended-sediment flux and bedform activity on the inner portion of the Eel continental shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 83-97

  Cacchione, D A ^a   Wiberg, P L ^b   Lynch, J ^c   Irish, J ^c   Traykovski, P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Bottom stress; Bottom boundary layer; Eel River; Suspended sediment flux

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELF DYNAMICS; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033514267     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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