The western part of the Gulf of Cadiz: Contour currents and turbidity currents interactions

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-41

  Mulder, T ^a   Lecroart, P ^a   Hanquiez, V ^a   Marches, E ^a   Gonthier, E ^a   Guedes, J C ^b   Thiebot E ^c   Jaaidi, B ^d   Kenyon, N ^e   Voisset, M ^f   Perez, C ^g   Sayago, M ^h   Fuchey, Y ^h   Bujan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b Genavir   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f IFREMER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 33644522703     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-005-0013-z     Document Type: Article

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