Near-bed turbulence measurements, stress estimates and sediment mobility at the continental shelf edge

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 171-194

  Huthnance, John M ^a   Humphery, John D ^a   Knight, Philip J ^a   Chatwin, Paul G ^b   Thomsen, Laurenz ^c   White, Martin ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

42 57 N; Atlantic (north east); Bottom stress; European margin; Sediment movement; Shelf edge; Turbulence measurement; Wave sea bed interaction

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENCE;

SHELF EDGES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM STRESS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE; WAVE-SEAFLOOR INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036272228     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00005-8     Document Type: Review

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