Sedimentary processes and sediment dispersal in the southern Strait of Georgia, BC, Canada

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Hill, Philip R ^a   Conway, Kim ^a   Lintern, D Gwyn ^a   Meulé, Samuel ^a,b   Picard, Kim ^a   Barrie, J Vaughn ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Marine geology; Multibeam mapping; Seabed morphology; Sediment dispersal processes; Sediment sinks; Sediment transport pathways; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; COASTAL WATERS; DOWNSLOPE; FAR-FIELD; FRASER RIVER; GEORGIA; GRAVITY FLOWS; KEY PROCESS; MULTI-BEAM; REAL TIME MONITORING; SEA FLOOR; SEABED MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEISMIC PROFILING; TIDAL CURRENTS; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; FLOORS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CANADA; REVIEW; SEA; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 61549107593     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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