Inferring maximum geostrophic current velocities in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea from settling-velocity measurements of sediment surface samples: Methods, application, and results

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1036-1050

  Michels, Klaus H ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FERROELECTRIC RAM; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTS;

BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; MERIDIONAL FLOWS; PARTICLE MOVEMENT; SETTLING VELOCITY; SETTLING VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP SEA; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0040788147     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/101599701036     Document Type: Article

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