Shallow water sea-floor morphologies around Asinara Island (NW Sardinia, Italy)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2550-2564

  Donda, F ^a   Gordini, E ^a   Rebesco, M ^a   Pascucci, V ^b   Fontolan, G ^c   Lazzari, P ^a   Mosetti, R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

High resolution seismic; Northwestern Sardinia; Sea floor bedforms; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BEDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COLONIZATION; DUNE FIELD; FACIES; OUTCROP; SEAFLOOR; SEAGRASS; SHALLOW WATER; SIDESCAN SONAR; WIND WAVE;

ASINARA ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SASSARI; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 53149090521     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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