Bottom-current sediment waves, sediment drifts and contourites in the northern Rockall Trough

Marine Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 215-237

  Masson, D G ^a   Howe, J A ^b   Stoker, M S ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Contourites; Cores; Drifts; Rockall Trough; Sediment waves; Seismic profiles; Sidescan sonar

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT BEDFORMS;

DRIFT CHAMBERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; WAVES;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

BEDFORM; BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTOURITE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIDESCAN SONAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037115774     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00556-X     Document Type: Article

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