Deep sediment transport induced by storms and dense shelf-water cascading in the northwestern Mediterranean basin

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-434

  Palanques, Albert ^a   Puig, Pere ^a   Latasa, Mikel ^a   Scharek, Renate ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dense shelf water cascading; Downward particle fluxes; Gulf of Lions; Northwestern Mediterranean; Shelf to basin sediment transport; Storms

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

DENSE SHELF-WATER CASCADING; DOWNWARD PARTICLE FLUXES; GULF OF LION; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; SHELF TO BASIN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

STORMS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHELF SEDIMENT; STORM DEPOSIT; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 59049088703     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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