The influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycles on wave-driven sea-floor sediment mobility along the central California continental margin

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1582-1599

  Storlazzi, Curt D ^a   Reid, Jane A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed shear stress; El Ni o; La Ni a; Sea floor; Sediment; Waves

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM STRESS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATABASE; DREDGING; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRAIN SIZE; LA NINA; MARINE SEDIMENT; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEA SURFACE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRAWLING; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE FORCE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

CALIFORNIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955280913     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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