Recent sediment transport and deposition in the Lisbon-Setúbal and Cascais submarine canyons, Portuguese continental margin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2321-2344

  de Stigter, Henko C ^a   Jesus, Carlos César ^b   Boer, Wim ^a   Richter, Thomas O ^a   Costa, Ana ^c   van Weering, Tjeerd C E ^a,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internal tide; Submarine canyon; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; INTERNAL TIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEISMIC EVENT; SETTLING FLUXES; SUBMARINE CANYON; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WATER COLUMNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBMARINES; TIDES; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; INTERNAL TIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80054047444     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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