Past and present sedimentary activity in the Capbreton Canyon, southern Bay of Biscay

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 331-345

  Gaudin, Mathieu ^a   Mulder, T ^a   Cirac, P ^a   Berne S ^b   Imbert, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY;

CAPBRETON CANYON; COASTAL HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; BEDLOAD; DEPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; TERRACE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ADOUR RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749054116     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-006-0043-1     Document Type: Article

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