Corrasion of a remoulded cohesive bed by saltating littorinid shells

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1291-1315

  Amos, C L ^a   Sutherland, T F ^b   Cloutier, D ^c   Patterson, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Martec Limited   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ballistic momentum flux; Cohesive bed; Corrasion; Littorinid saltation

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; EROSION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; SALTATION; SHELL;

CANADA;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0033837339     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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