Burst resuspension of seabed material at the foot of the continental slope in the Rockall Channel

Marine Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 167-184

  Bonnin, Jérôme ^a,b   Van Haren, Hans ^a   Hosegood, Phil ^a,c   Brummer, Geert Jan A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adcp; Continental slope foot; Internal waves; Near bottom sediment traps; North Atlantic; Organic carbon; Resuspension; Rockall Channel

Indexed keywords

ADCP; CONTINENTAL SLOPE FOOT; INTERNAL WAVES; NEAR-BOTTOM SEDIMENT TRAPS; NORTH ATLANTIC; ORGANIC CARBON; RESUSPENSION; ROCKALL CHANNEL;

CARBON; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; RESUSPENSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKALL TROUGH;

EID: 32544453047     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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