Evidence of sediment resuspension by nonlinear internal waves on the western Portuguese mid-shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 246, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 123-143

  Quaresma, Luis Santos ^a   Vitorino, João ^a   Oliveira, Anabela ^a   da Silva, José ^b  

^a INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

bottom shear stress; Nazar submarine canyon; nonlinear internal waves; Portuguese mid shelf; sediment resuspension; Shields parameter

Indexed keywords

NAZARE SUBMARINE CANYON; NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVES; PORTUGUESE MID-SHELF; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SHIELDS PARAMETER;

RADAR IMAGING; SHEAR STRESS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER WAVES;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERNAL WAVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESUSPENSION; SHEAR STRESS; SHELF SEDIMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TURBIDITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749052238     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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