Effects of storm events on the shelf-to-basin sediment transport in the southwestern end of the Gulf of Lions (Northwestern Mediterranean)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 843-850

  Palanques, A ^a   Puig, P ^a   Guillen J ^a   Durrieu De Madron, X ^b   Latasa, M ^c   Scharek, R ^c   Martin, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; STORM; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79952745649     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-843-2011     Document Type: Article

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