Clay minerals as dynamic tracers of suspended matter dispersal in the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain)

Clay Minerals

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 727-738

  Gutierrez Mas J M ^a   Lopez Aguayo F ^a   Achab, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Gulf of Cadiz; Sedimentary dynamic; Spain; Suspended matter flow

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

Q-MODE FACTOR ANALYSIS; R-MODE FRACTOR ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY DYNAMIC; TIDAL FLOW;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 33750222444     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855064130215     Document Type: Article

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