Winter-time circulation and sediment transport in the Hudson Shelf Valley

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 801-820

  Harris, Courtney K ^a   Butman, Bradford ^b   Traykovski, Peter ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer; Hudson Shelf Valley; New York Bight; Oceanographic currents; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT VELOCITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HUDSON SHELF VALLEY; NEW YORK BIGHT;

EID: 0038273955     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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