Shelf-to-canyon sediment-transport processes on the Eel continental margin (northern California)

Marine Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-149

  Puig, P ^a,b   Ogston, A S ^a   Mullenbach, B L ^a   Nittrouer, C A ^a   Sternberg, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer; Continental shelf; Eel Canyon; Sediment transport; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE CANYON;

FLOODS; MOORING; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TURBIDITY; WATER WAVES;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE CANYON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037438964     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00641-2     Document Type: Article

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