Bottom sediment variability in the active layer of the inner shelf off the Ebro Delta

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 482-496

  Guillén, Jorge ^a   Jiménez, Jose A ^b   Palanques, Albert ^a   Puig, Pere ^a   Gracia, Vicens ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deltaic environment; Flood and storm sediment layers; Grain size fractions; Turbidity measurements

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; WORLD;

EID: 19544366047     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0056.1     Document Type: Article

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