Subsurface control on seafloor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 349-358

  Twichell, David ^a   Pendleton, Elizabeth ^a   Baldwin, Wayne ^a   Flocks, James ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENTS; CURRENT ENERGY; EASTERN SIDE; EROSIONAL PROCESS; GAS DISCHARGE; GENERAL POPULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; SEA FLOOR;

GLOW DISCHARGES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

DEPOSITS;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTA; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; EROSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHORELINE CHANGE; SIDESCAN SONAR; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

CHANDELEUR ISLANDS; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71249161522     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0150-x     Document Type: Article

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