Comparing the smooth, parabolic shapes of interfluves in continental slopes to predictions of diffusion transport models

Marine Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 189-208

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a   Huthnance, John M ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bedload transport; continental slope morphology; diffusion sediment transport model; multibeam echosounder data; sediment creep

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD TRANSPORT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE MORPHOLOGY; DIFFUSION SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER DATA; SEDIMENT CREEP;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY;

MASS TRANSFER;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; EROSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHAPE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846005480     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.028     Document Type: Article

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