Sediment distribution and transport across the continental shelf and slope under idealized wind forcing

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 255-270

  Condie, Scott A ^a   Sherwood, Christopher R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Downwelling; Resuspension; Sediment transport; Settling; Shelf; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

DOWNWELLING FLOWS; OFFSHORE TRANSPORT; SLICE MODEL; UPWELLING WINDS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DOWNWELLING; EKMAN LAYER; MARINE SEDIMENT; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER OCEAN; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33748136043     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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