Development of the submarine channel in front of the Nidelva River, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway

Marine Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 30-44

  L'Heureux, Jean Sébastien ^a   Hansen, Louise ^b   Longva, Oddvar ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

channel erosion; delta; fjord; Norway; sediment gravity flows; slope stability

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL EROSION; DELTA; FJORD; NORWAY; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOWS;

CLAY MINERALS; COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LAMINATING; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BEDROCK; CONFLUENCE; DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DOWNCUTTING; FACIES; FJORD; GRAVITY FLOW; HOLOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SLOPE STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; TRONDHEIMSFJORDEN;

EID: 64449083602     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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