Sediment accumulation in the western Gulf of Lions, France: The role of Cap de Creus Canyon in linking shelf and slope sediment dispersal systems

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2031-2047

  DeGeest, A L ^a   Mullenbach, B L ^a   Puig, P ^b   Nittrouer, C A ^c   Drexler, T M ^c   Durrieu de Madron, X ^d   Orange, D L ^e,f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AOA Geophysics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Lions; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOCENTER; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUSHING; GRAIN SIZE; MUD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CANYON; WATER COLUMN;

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

EID: 50849141091     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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