Across-shelf variations in bed roughness, bed stress and sediment suspension on the northern California shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 99-115

  Wright, L D ^a   Kim, S C ^a   Friedrichs, C T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed stress; Eel River; Roughness; Stratification; Suspended sediment; Wave Current boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BED ROUGHNESS; BOTTOM STRESS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF DYNAMICS; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033514331     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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