The sea-floor morphology of a Mediterranean shelf fed by small rivers, northern Alboran Sea margin

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2607-2628

  Lobo, F J ^a   Fernandez Salas L M ^b   Moreno, I ^a   Sanz, J L ^c   Maldonado, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Continental shelf; Prodeltaic wedges; Sediment transfer; Submarine geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTA; RIVER BASIN; RIVER SYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 33751087490     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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