Particle fluxes and recent sediment accumulation on the Aquitanian margin of Bay of Biscay

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1044-1052

  Schmidt, Sabine ^a,b   Howa, Hélène ^c   Mouret, Aurelia ^b   Lombard, Fabien ^d   Anschutz, Pierre ^b   Labeyrie, Laurent ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

210Pb activity and flux; Aquitanian margin; Bay of Biscay; Particulate mass flux

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CANYON; FORAMINIFERA; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LEAD; MOORING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CAP FERRET CANYON; CAPBRETON CANYON;

FORAMINIFERA; MUSTELA;

EID: 64049101334     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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