Do bottom-intensified diurnal tidal currents shape the alignment of carbonate mounds in the NE Atlantic?

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 391-397

  White, Martin ^a   Roberts, J Murray ^b   van Weering, Tjeerd ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES;

BELGICA MOUNDS; BOTTOM-TRAPPED WAVES; DIURNAL FORCING; LOGACHEV MOUNDS; SEABED CURRENTS; SEABED SLOPE;

WATER WAVES;

SEAFLOOR; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TRAPPED WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

BELGICA;

EID: 34548498696     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0060-8     Document Type: Article

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