Semiannual patterns of erosion and deposition in upper Monterey Canyon from serial multibeam bathymetry

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1123-1133

  Smith, Douglas P ^a   Ruiz, Genoveva ^a   Kvitek, Rikk ^a   Iampietro, Pat J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Canyon; Monterey; Morphology; Sediment; Submarine

Indexed keywords

EROSIONAL TERRACES; LOCAL CHANNEL DEGRADATION; SEAFLOOR BATHYMETRY; SERIAL MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DEPOSITION; EROSION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

MONTEREY FAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 24644455290     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25510.1     Document Type: Article

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