A high-resolution geophysical investigation of sediment distribution controlled by catchment size and tides in a multi-basin turbid outwash fjord: Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Noll, Christian J ^a   Dellapenna, Timothy M ^a   Gilkinson, Andrea ^a   Davis, Randall W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACCUMULATION RATES; BATHYMETRIC DATA; BOTTOM CURRENTS; CATCHMENT SIZE; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND (PWS); PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT LOADS; SIDE SCAN SONAR (SSS); SIMPSON (CO); STEEP SLOPES; SURFACE AREA (SA); SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; FJORD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; OUTWASH; SEDIMENT CORE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; SIMPSON BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58649083437     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-008-0120-8     Document Type: Article

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