Environmental conditions for gravelly and pebbly dunes and sorted bedforms on a moderate-energy inner shelf (Marettimo Island, Italy, western Mediterranean)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Lo Iacono, Claudio ^a   Guillén, Jorge ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Geologia   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gravel dunes; Inner shelf; Italy; Marettimo Island; Mediterranean Sea; Sorted bedforms

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAVEL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SONAR; WATER DEPTH;

AEGADIAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

EID: 37849005401     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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