Environmental marine geoscience 3. Continental shelf sediment transport studies in Canada: Theories and recent technology advances

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-48

  Li, Michael Z ^a   Heffler, David E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEOLOGY; MAPPING; OPTICAL SENSORS;

CURRENT METERS;

SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0036252017     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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