Carbonate sedimentation and hydrodynamic pattern on a modern temperate shelf: The strait of Bonifacio (western Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-26

  De Falco, Giovanni ^a   De Muro, Sandro ^b   Batzella, Tiziana ^b   Cucco, Andrea ^a  

^a Istituto per lAmbiente Marino Costiero del CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogenic; Carbonate; Hydrodynamics; Ma rl; Posidonia oceanica; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FACIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCROP; SEAFLOOR; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WIND DIRECTION;

BONIFACIO STRAIT NATURE RESERVE; CORSE; CORSE DU SUD; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); TYRRHENIAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 79955977125     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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