Drowned shelf-edge deltas, barrier islands and related features along the outer continental shelf north of the head of De Soto Canyon, NE Gulf of Mexico

Geomorphology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 370-390

  Gardner, J V ^a   Calder, B R ^a   Hughes Clarke, J E ^b   Mayer, L A ^a   Elston, G ^a   Rzhanov, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter; Barrier islands; Bathymetry; Bedforms; De Soto Canyon; Multibeam; Sea level; Shelf edge deltas

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BARRIER ISLAND; BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; DELTA; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DE SOTO CANYON; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 34447302622     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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