Seabed morphology and the bottom-current pathways around Rosemary Bank seamount, northern Rockall Trough, North Atlantic

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-181

  Howe, J A ^a   Stoker, M S ^b   Masson, D G ^c   Pudsey, C J ^d   Morris, P ^d   Larter, R D ^d   Bulat, J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contourites; Multibeam bathymetry; Rosemary Bank seamount; Sediment drift; Sediment waves

Indexed keywords

MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEDIMENT WAVES;

BATHYMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BOTTOM CURRENT; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEAMOUNT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKALL TROUGH;

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 31544471140     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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