Impact of winter dense water formation on shelf sediment erosion (evidence from the Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1984-1999

  Bourrin, François ^a   Durrieu de Madron, Xavier ^a   Heussner, Serge ^a   Estournel, Claude ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Dense water; Gulf of Lions; Mediterranean Sea; Sediment erosion; T t River

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EROSION; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; STORM; WATER DEPTH; WIND FORCING; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF LION; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PYRENEES ORIENTALES; TET RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50849111052     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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