Quantifying tidal signatures of the benthic nepheloid layer in Gaoping Submarine Canyon in Southern Taiwan

Marine Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Liu, James T ^a   Wang, Yu Huai ^a   Lee, I Huan ^b   Hsu, Ray T ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

benthic nepheloid layer (BNL); internal tide; nonlinearity; particle size; submarine canyon; suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL TIDES; NON-LINEARITY; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

FLOORS; SILT; SUBMARINES; TIDAL POWER; TIDES; TIME SERIES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; INTERNAL TIDE; NEPHELOID LAYER; PARTICLE SIZE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CONSTITUENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIME SERIES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KAOPING SUBMARINE CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77949571553     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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