Observations of large-amplitude cross-shore internal bores near the shelf break, Santa Monica Bay, CA

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 127-149

  Noble, Marlene A ^a   Xu, J P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic boundary layers; Continental shelf processes; Internal bores; Internal waves; Tidal bores

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WAVES;

BAROTROPIC SPRING TIDE;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CURRENT; INTERNAL WAVE; SHELF BREAK;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ISOTHERM; OCEAN CURRENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDE;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA MONICA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037410925     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00328-8     Document Type: Article

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