Partitioning of sediment on the shelf offshore of the Columbia River littoral cell

Marine Geology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 11-31

  Twichell, David C ^a   Cross, VeeAnn A ^a   Peterson, Curt D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia River; Continental shelf; Holocene sediments

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIA RIVER; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FINE SAND; FINE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; LITTORAL CELL; MUDDY SAND; NEARSHORES; PETERSON; PLEISTOCENE; SIDE SCAN SONAR; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WASHINGTON; WATER DEPTH;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; RIVERS; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BAY; BEACH; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUD; PARTITIONING; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SIDESCAN SONAR; TEXTURE; WATER DEPTH;

COLUMBIA RIVER; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77954865418     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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