High resolution seafloor images in the Gulf of Cadiz, Iberian margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-59

  Hanquiez, V ^a   Mulder, T ^a   Lecroart, P ^a   Gonthier, E ^a   Marches E ^a   Voisset, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

acoustic facies; Contourites; deep towed SAR; Gulf of Cadiz; instabilities; Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW); sedimentary processes

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FACIES; CONTOURITES; DEEP-TOWED SAR; GULF OF CADIZ; INSTABILITIES; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW WATER; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES;

ACOUSTICS; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CORIOLIS FORCE; DEPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 36048957947     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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