Sediment-transport events on the northern California continental shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 69-82

  Ogston, A S ^a   Sternberg, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Cross margin; Sediment flux; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF DYNAMICS; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033514328     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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