Storm-generated sediment distribution along the northwest Florida inner continental shelf

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-515

  Vaughan, W Chad ^a,b   Briggs, Kevin B ^a   Kim, Jin Wook ^a,c   Bianchi, Thomas S ^d   Smith, Richard W ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lignin; Seafloor imagery; Sedimentation; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; BEFORE AND AFTER; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DIRECT SHEAR; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; FLORIDA; GRAIN SHAPES; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; MULTI SENSOR; NEARSHORES; NEW MATERIAL; NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO; RADIO-CARBON ISOTOPE; SEAFLOOR IMAGERY; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEM; SIDESCAN SONAR IMAGERY; STORM EVENTS; STUDY AREAS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WAVE RIPPLES; X-RADIOGRAPHY;

HURRICANES; ISOTOPES; LIGNIN; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHENOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONAR; STORMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANATOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; LIGNINS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

EID: 73049103165     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2009.2014660     Document Type: Article

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