Investigations of the bottom current sculpted margin of Hatton Bank, NE Atlantic

Marine Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 170-184

  MacLachlan, Suzanne E ^a   Elliott, Gavin M ^a   Parson, Lindsay M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bottom currents; Hatton Bank; NE Atlantic Ocean; sediment drift; sediment waves

Indexed keywords

(1 1 1) ORIENTATION; ACOUSTIC DATA; ATLANTIC; BOTTOM CURRENTS; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CURRENT FLOWING; CURRENT VELOCITY; ELSEVIER (CO); EUROPEAN; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; SEA FLOORS; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SLOPE CONFIGURATION; SLOPE FAILURES; SOUTHWEST (CO); SWATH BATHYMETRY;

DEPOSITS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; NEON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLOPE STABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTATION;

ACOUSTIC DATA; BOTTOM CURRENT; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HATTON BANK;

EID: 47349123214     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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