Sea floor morphology of the Ebro Shelf in the region of the Columbretes Islands, Western Mediterranean

Geomorphology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Munoz A ^a   Lastras, G ^b   Ballesteros, M ^a   Canals, M ^b   Acosta, J ^a   Uchupi, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Multibeam bathymetry; Submarine geomorphology; Volcanic field; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SUBMARINE FEATURE; VOLCANISM;

CASTELLON; COLUMBRETES; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 28844438045     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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