Morphology and composition of submarine barchan dunes on the Scotian Shelf, Canadian Atlantic margin

Geomorphology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 487-500

  Todd, Brian J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Barchan; Dune; Multibeam; Scotian Shelf; Submarine

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DUNE; SONAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCOTIA SHELF; WORLD;

EID: 17444428571     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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