Temporal and spatial variability of the sediment grain-size distribution on the Eel shelf: The flood layer of 1995

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 169-182

  Drake, David E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Eel River; Flood deposit; Grain size

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOOD; GRAIN SIZE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELF SEDIMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033514386     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00111-X     Document Type: Article

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