Large internal waves in Massachusetts Bay transport sediments offshore

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2029-2049

  Butman, B ^a   Alexander, P S ^b   Scotti, A ^c   Beardsley, R C ^c   Anderson, S P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Integrated Statistics   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Massachusetts Bay; Sediment transport; Stellwagen bank

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THERMOCLINE; TIDAL CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; STELLWAGEN BANK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747039061     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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