Morphology and evolution of an anastomosed channel network where saline underflow enters the Black Sea

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 807-839

  Flood, Roger D ^a   Hiscott, Richard N ^b   Aksu, Ali E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Density current; Submarine channel

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DENSITY CURRENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 62549093136     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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