Morphology and filling of incised submarine valleys on the continental shelf near the mouth of the Fly River, Gulf of Papua

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Crockett, J S ^a   Nittrouer, C A ^a   Ogston, A S ^a   Naar, D F ^b   Donahue, B T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROGRADATION; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRANSGRESSION; VALLEY FILL;

FLY RIVER; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 44449171022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000674     Document Type: Article

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