Behaviour and dynamics of a hydrothermal plume in Lake Banyoles, Catalonia, NE Spain

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 795-808

  Serra, Teresa ^a,b   Soler, Marianna ^a   Julià, Ramon ^c   Casamitjana, Xavier ^a   Colomer, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Centre d'Estudis Comarcals de Banyoles   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double diffuse sedimentation; Plume; Sediment cores; Thermal convection; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; LAKE DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; LAKE BANYOLES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 27844449472     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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