Celtic Sea linear tidal sand ridges, the Irish Sea Ice Stream and the Fleuve Manche: Palaeotidal modelling of a transitional passive margin depositional system

Marine Geology

Volumn 259, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 102-111

  Scourse, James ^a   Uehara, Katsuto ^a,b   Wainwright, Adam ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Celtic Sea; Channel River; Fleuve Manche; Irish Sea Ice Stream; linear tidal sand ridges; palaeotidal modelling; passive margin

Indexed keywords

CELTIC SEA; CHANNEL RIVER; FLEUVE MANCHE; IRISH SEA ICE STREAM; LINEAR TIDAL SAND RIDGES; PALAEOTIDAL MODELLING; PASSIVE MARGIN;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAND; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEDFORM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOSTASY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; SAND RIDGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM; SUBMARINE FAN; TIDE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRISH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 62149120290     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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