Modern sedimentary processes in the Santa Monica, California continental margin: Sediment accumulation, mixing and budget

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 177-204

  Alexander, Clark R ^a   Venherm, Claudia ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb accumulation rate; 234Th mixing rates; Continental shelf; Continental slope; Grain size; Hemipelagic sedimentation; Malibu Creek; Sediment budget; Southern California

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; RADIOISOTOPES; TEXTURES;

HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GRAIN SIZE; MIXING; POINT SOURCE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAKE SEDIMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037410948     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00330-6     Document Type: Article

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