In situ record of sedimentary processes near the Rhône River mouth during winter events (Gulf of Lions, Mediterranean Sea)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1095-1107

  Marion, C ^a,b   Dufois, F ^b   Arnaud, M ^b   Vella, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Floods; Hydrodynamics; Radiotracers; Rh ne River prodelta; Sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AGGREGATION; ALTIMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONSOLIDATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EROSION RATE; FISHING; FLOCCULATION; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; RESUSPENSION; REWORKING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACER;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 77953361475     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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