Effect of commercial trawling on the deep sedimentation in a Mediterranean submarine canyon

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 150-155

  Martin J ^a   Puig, P ^a   Palanques, A ^a   Masque P ^b   Garcia Orellana J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

continental margins; Northwestern Mediterranean; Palam s Canyon (41 42 N, 3 4 E); sediment accumulation rates; submarine canyon; trawling

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRAWLING;

FISHERIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BATHYAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORE ANALYSIS; GRAVITY FLOW; MOORING SYSTEM; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALAMOS CANYON;

EID: 45049083700     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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