The Danube submarine canyon (Black Sea): Morphology and sedimentary processes

Marine Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 249-265

  Popescu, Irina ^a,b,d   Lericolais, Gilles ^b   Panin, Nicolae ^a   Normand, Alain ^b   Dinu, Cornel ^c   Le Drezen, Eliane ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Black Sea; buried fluvial channels; gas; headward erosion; submarine canyon; wave cut terrace

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DATA REDUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

FLUVIAL PROCESS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE CANYON; EURASIA;

EID: 2942735495     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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