Morphogenetic mesoscale analysis of the northeastern Iberian margin, NW Mediterranean Basin

Marine Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 3-20

  Amblas, David ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Urgeles, Roger ^a   Lastras, Galderic ^a   Liquete, Camino ^a   Hughes Clarke, John E ^b   Casamor, Jose L ^a   Calafat, Antoni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

backscatter intensity; mesoscale; multibeam bathymetry; NW Mediterranean; seascape shaping mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; MESOSCALE; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; NW MEDITERRANEAN; SEASCAPE SHAPING MECHANISMS;

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; DATA STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33751520952     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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