Evidence of hyperpycnal flows at the head of the meandering Kaoping Canyon off SW Taiwan

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Chiang, Cheng Shing ^a   Yu, Ho Shing ^b  

^a HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; LEVEES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

HYPERPYCNAL FLOW; SUBMARINE CANYON;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CROSS SECTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; INCISED VALLEY; LEVEE; MEANDER; RIVER FLOW; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

KAOPING SUBMARINE CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 42549155855     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0098-7     Document Type: Article

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