Flushing submarine canyons

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7117, 2006, Pages 354-357

  Canals, Miquel ^a   Puig, Pere ^b   De Madron, Xavier Durrieu ^c   Heussner, Serge ^c   Palanques, Albert ^b   Fabres, Joan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; COOLING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOODS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS;

CANYONS; DENSE SHELF WATER CASCADING (DSWC); RIVER FLOODING; SEAWATER DENSITY;

SUBMARINES;

ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER;

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER FORMATION; DENSE WATER; FLUSHING; GRAVITY FLOW; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ARTICLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; COOLING; DEEP SEA; EVAPORATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LANDSCAPING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33751118479     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05271     Document Type: Article

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