Bottom instrumented tripods: History, applications, and impacts

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2319-2334

  Cacchione, D A ^a   Sternberg, R W ^b   Ogston, A S ^b  

^a CME (Coastal and Marine Environments)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; INSTRUMENTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33750371108     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.027     Document Type: Article

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