Recent and modern marine erosion on the New Jersey outer shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 275-296

  Goff, John A ^a   Austin Jr , James A ^a   Gulick, Sean ^a   Nordfjord, Sylvia ^a   Christensen, Beth ^b   Sommerfield, Christopher ^c   Olson, Hilary ^a   Alexander, Clark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Bathymetry; Chirp sonar; Grain size analysis; Ribbons; Sand ridges

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EROSION; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EROSION; UNCONFORMITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY SHELF; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 17844404264     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.015     Document Type: Article

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