Near-bottom particulate matter dynamics in the Nazaré submarine canyon under calm and stormy conditions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2388-2400

  Martín, Jacobo ^a   Palanques, Albert ^a   Vitorino, João ^b   Oliveira, Anabela ^b   de Stigter, Henko C ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Iberian Margin; Nazar Canyon; Northeast Atlantic; Particulate flux; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; IBERIAN MARGIN; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC; PARTICULATE FLUX; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEBRIS; LEAD; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; STORMS; SUBMARINES; WATER WAVES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPERSAL; FLOODING; LEAD; MINERALOGY; MOORING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; STORM; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; WATER DEPTH; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); IBERIAN MARGIN;

EID: 80054039858     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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