Sediment source strength, transport pathways and accumulation patterns on the Siberian-Arctic's Chukchi and Laptev shelves

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11-13, 2003, Pages 1201-1225

  Viscosi Shirley, C ^a   Pisias, N ^a   Mammone, K ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation (of sediment); Arctic; Chukchi and Laptev Seas; River outflow; Sediment chemistry; Sediment sources; Sediment transport; Siberia and Alaska; Water currents

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; OCEANIC CURRENT; PROVENANCE; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ALASKA; CHUKCHI SEA; LAPTEV SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242629039     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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