Bedforms produced by the Kuroshio Current passing over the northern Izu Ridge

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Kubo, Yu'suke ^a   Soh, Wonn ^b   Machiyama, Hideaki ^b   Tokuyama, Hidekazu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DUNE; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHALLOW WATER;

IZU RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1642330930     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0134-1     Document Type: Article

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