Building the Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua: An ocean circulation study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Slingerland, Rudy ^a   Selover, Robert W ^a   Ogston, Andrea S ^b   Keen, Timothy R ^c   Driscoll, Neal W ^d   Milliman, John D ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FLOW; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS; TIDAL CYCLE; TIME SERIES; WIND DIRECTION;

CORAL SEA; FLY RIVER; GULF OF PAPUA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 44449148241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000680     Document Type: Article

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