Event-driven sediment flux in Hueneme and Mugu submarine canyons, southern California

Marine Geology

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 74-88

  Xu, J P ^a   Swarzenski, Peter W ^a   Noble, Marlene ^b   Li, An Chun ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

sediment flux; sediment traps; submarine canyons; turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CANYON RIM; CONTROLLING PROCESS; CURRENT METERS; EVENT DRIVEN; INTERNAL BORE; PHYSICAL PROXIMITY; RE-SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SHELF SEDIMENT; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WINTER STORMS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; LEAD; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVER CONTROL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAPS; STORMS; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LEAD ISOTOPE; MOORING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; STORM SURGE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

EID: 74449090191     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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