Dense shelf water cascades in the cap de creus and palamós submarine canyons during winters 2007 and 2008

Marine Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 175-188

  Ribo M ^a   Puig, P ^a   Palanques, A ^a   Lo Iacono, C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Sediment transport; Submarine canyons; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT DROPS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CURRENT SPEED; DENSE SHELF WATER; DENSE SHELF-WATER CASCADING; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CANYONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBMARINES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CURRENT VELOCITY; DENSE WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALAMOS CANYON; SPAIN;

EID: 79957644806     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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