Particulate fluxes and transports on the slope between the southern East China Sea and the South Okinawa Trough

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 571-597

  Chung, Yu Chia ^a   Hung, Guo Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Current; East China Sea; Particulate flux; South Okinawa Trough; Transport

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CANYON; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034110265     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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