Sandy submarine canyon-mouth lobes on the western margin of Corsica and Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 69-84

  Kenyon, Neil H ^a   Klaucke, Ingo ^a   Millington, John ^b   Ivanov, Michael K ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell UK Exploration and   (United Kingdom)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Canyon mouth lobe; Mediterranean Sea; Sand turbidite; Side scan sonar; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

CANYON-MOUTH LOBES;

CATCHMENTS; GRADIENT METHODS; SAND; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TURBIDITY;

SUBMARINES;

BACKSCATTER; DRAINAGE BASIN; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037053049     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00282-1     Document Type: Article

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