Seismic and oceanographic evidence of present-day bottom-water dynamics in the Lousy Bank-Hatton Bank area, NE Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1729-1741

  Due, L ^a   van Aken, H M ^b   Boldreel, L O ^a   Kuijpers, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bottom water dynamics; Hatton Bank; NE Atlantic; Seismic deepwater facies; Solibores

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY;

BOTTOM WATER DYNAMICS; HATTON BANK; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC DEEPWATER FACIES; SOLIBORES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); HATTON BANK; ICELAND BASIN; LOUSY BANK;

EID: 33751258592     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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