High-resolution modeling of sediment erosion and particle transport across the northwest African shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Karakas G ^a   Nowald, N ^b   Blaas, M ^c   Marchesiello, P ^d   Frickenhaus, S ^a   Schlitzer, R ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^d IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSION; MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AFRICA; CAPE BLANC; CAPE BOJADOR; CAPE TIMIRIS; MAURITANIA; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN SAHARA;

EID: 33751103423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003296     Document Type: Article

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