Anatomy of the tidal scour system at Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy, Canada

Marine Geology

Volumn 323-325, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-134

  Shaw, John ^a   Todd, Brian J ^a   Li, Michael Z ^a   Wu, Yongsheng ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banner bank; Bay of Fundy; Scour trough; Tides

Indexed keywords

BANNER BANK; BARCHAN DUNES; BARRIER SYSTEMS; BAY OF FUNDY; BEDFORMS; BI-DIRECTIONAL; BOTTOM STRESS; DUNE FIELDS; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENT; MEAN SEA LEVEL; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT DRIFT; STRONG CURRENTS; WIDE AREA;

SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDES;

SEDIMENTS;

ANATOMY; GYRE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SCOUR; SEDIMENT BUDGET; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TROUGH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 84866623505     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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