The role of scour in shipwreck site formation processes and the preservation of wreck-associated scour signatures in the sedimentary record - evidence from seabed and sub-surface data

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1419-1432

  Quinn, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Scour; Shipwreck; Site formation processes; Steady and oscillatory flows

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; SCOUR; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 33745596446     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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