Detailed investigation of sorted bedforms, or "rippled scour depressions," within the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, Massachusetts

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-484

  Goff, John A ^a   Mayer, Larry A ^b   Traykovski, Peter ^c   Buynevich, Ilya ^c   Wilkens, Roy ^d   Raymond, Richard ^b   Glang, Gerd ^b   Evans, Rob L ^c   Olson, Hilary ^a   Jenkins, Chris ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Bathymetry; Grain size; Inner shelf; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; GRAIN SIZE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19944433941     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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