Large and very large subaqueous dunes on the continental shelf off southern Vietnam, South China Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-238

  Kubicki, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENTS; NEON; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOW CONDITIONING; LARGE SIZES; SEDIMENT STARVATION; SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS); THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VIET NAM; WATER DEPTHS; WIND-INDUCED CURRENTS; WINTER MONSOONS;

INDUCED CURRENTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DUNE FORMATION; MONSOON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; SONAR; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 48449104760     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-008-0103-9     Document Type: Article

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