Sediment dispersal in the northwestern Adriatic Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Harris, Courtney K ^a   Sherwood, Christopher R ^b   Signell, Richard P ^b   Bever, Aaron J ^a   Warner, John C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BOTTOM STRESS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 58949083838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003868     Document Type: Article

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