Quantifying the morphology and growth of levees in aggrading submarine channels

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Straub, Kyle M ^a,b   Mohrig, David ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; LEVEE; MORPHODYNAMICS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ASIA; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 56649107970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000896     Document Type: Article

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