A review of undulated sediment features on Mediterranean prodeltas: Distinguishing sediment transport structures from sediment deformation

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-69

  Urgeles, Roger ^a   Cattaneo, Antonio ^b   Puig, Pere ^a   Liquete, Camino ^c   De Mol, Ben ^d   Amblàs, David ^d   Sultan, Nabil ^b   Trincardi, Fabio ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperpycnal flows; Internal waves; Prodeltas; Sediment waves; Slope failure; Undulated sediments

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; INTERNAL WAVES; PRODELTAS; SEDIMENT WAVES; SLOPE FAILURE;

DEFORMATION;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNAL WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79961209935     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-011-9125-1     Document Type: Article

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