A comparison of Rippled Scour Depressions identified with multibeam sonar: Evidence of sediment transport in inner shelf environments

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1979-1995

  Ferrini, Vicki Lynn ^a   Flood, Roger D ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner shelf; Multibeam sonar; Rippled Scour Depressions

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 26244434159     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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