Occurrence and origin of submarine plunge pools at the base of the US continental slope

Marine Geology

Volumn 185, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 363-377

  Lee, Simon E ^a   Tailing, Peter J ^a   Ernst, Gerald G J ^a   Hogg, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Hydraulic jump; Morphology; Multibeam bathymetry; Plunge pools; Sediment laden density flows

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPES; PLUNGE POOLS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITION; EROSION; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037198971     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00298-5     Document Type: Article

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