Internal waves, an under-explored source of turbulence events in the sedimentary record

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 56-81

  Pomar, L ^a   Morsilli, M ^b   Hallock, P ^c   Badenas B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buildups; Hummocky cross stratification; Internal waves; Pycnocline; Tempestites

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISPLACEMENT; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTIC ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; TEMPESTITE; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENCE; VORTEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

METAZOA;

EID: 84857170870     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.12.005     Document Type: Review

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