Bottom currents interpreted from iceberg ploughmarks revealed by multibeam data at Tromsøflaket, Barents Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 257-270

  Bellec, Valérie ^a   Wilson, Margaret ^a   Bøe, Reidulv ^a   Rise, Leif ^a   Thorsnes, Terje ^a   Buhl Mortensen, Lene ^b   Buhl Mortensen, Pål ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; bottom current; iceberg ploughmark; multibeam swath bathymetry; seabed sediments

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

MULTIBEAM SWATH BATHYMETRY; SEABED SEDIMENTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BACKSCATTER; BEDFORM; BOTTOM CURRENT; GRAIN SIZE; ICEBERG; LEVEE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTATION; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TROUGH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 40649118189     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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