Turbidity events observed in situ along the Congo submarine channel

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2208-2222

  Vangriesheim, Annick ^a   Khripounoff, Alexis ^a   Crassous, Philippe ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Congo canyon; Deep current; Gulf of Guinea; Suspended sediment transport; Turbidity current; Za re

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAINS; AVERAGE VELOCITY; BENTHIC ECOSYSTEMS; CHANNEL SYSTEMS; CURRENT INCREASE; DEEP CURRENTS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; GULF OF GUINEA; HIGH TURBIDITY; IN-SITU; LOCAL SLIDING; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG-TERM MOORINGS; MARINE GEOLOGY; MOORING LINE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE CLOUDS; PARTICLE FLUXES; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE VALLEYS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WATER DEPTH;

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

TURBIDITY;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BENTHOS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEANDER; MOORING SYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 71749084852     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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