Dense shelf water cascades and sedimentary furrow formation in the Cap de Creus Canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2017-2030

  Puig, P ^a   Palanques, A ^a   Orange, D L ^b,c   Lastras, G ^d   Canals, M ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AOA Geophysics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dense shelf water cascades; Mediterranean Sea; Sedimentary furrows; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CANYON; COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; MOORING SYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WIND DIRECTION;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 50849137153     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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