Interactions between tidal flows and ooid shoals, northern Bahamas

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 175-186

  Reeder, Stacy Lynn ^a,b   Rankey, Eugene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GENERAL PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMIC PATTERN; OOLITIC SHOALS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBCHANNELS; TIDAL FLOW; TIDAL SYSTEMS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

BATHYMETRY; BEDROCK; DEPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; OOID; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CHANNEL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 41749110040     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.020     Document Type: Article

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