Particle transport in the Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic Sea)

Marine Geology

Volumn 246, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 231-247

  Turchetto, M ^a   Boldrin, A ^a   Langone, L ^b   Miserocchi, S ^b   Tesi, T ^b   Foglini, F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bari Canyon; particle fluxes; southern Adriatic Sea; water dynamics

Indexed keywords

BARI CANYON; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; PARTICLE FLUXES; SOUTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; WATER DYNAMICS;

BATHYMETRY; MOORING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CANYON; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOORING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ADRIATIC SEA; BARI [BARI (PRV)]; BARI [PUGLIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749012391     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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