River sediment flux and shelf sediment accumulation rates on the Pacific Northwest margin

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-332

  Wheatcroft, R A ^a   Sommerfield, C K ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelves; Eastern Pacific; River discharge; Sedimentation; USA

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; EEL RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 11844277042     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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