Geophysical investigations of a high-latitude submarine channel system and associated channel-mouth lobe in the Lofoten Basin, Polar North Atlantic

Marine Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Ó Cofaigh, Colm ^a   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^b   Kenyon, Neil H ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lofoten channel; Polar North Atlantic; Submarine channels; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

LOFOTEN CHANNEL; POLAR NORTH ATLANTIC; SUBMARINE CHANNELS; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; SONAR; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOFOTEN BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 31344460378     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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