Internal architecture and mobility of tidal sand ridges in the East China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1820-1834

  Liu, Zhenxia ^a   Berné, Serge ^d   Saito, Yoshiki ^c   Yu, Hua ^b   Trentesaux, Alain ^e   Uehara, Katsuto ^f   Yin, Ping ^g   Paul Liu, J ^h   Li, Chaoxing ^a   Hu, Guanghai ^a,i   Wang, Xiangqin ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY   (China)

^h NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

East China sea; Internal architecture; Mobility; Ridge evolution; Tidal sand ridge; Transgression

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BATHYMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; SAND RIDGE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC DATA; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSGRESSION; WATER DEPTH;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34347353355     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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