Nepheloid layer distribution in the Gulf of Valencia, northwestern Mediterranean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 111-112, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-138

  Ribo M ^a   Puig, P ^a   Salat, J ^a   Palanques, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gulf of Valencia; Marine circulation; Nepheloid layers; NW Mediterranean; Sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; INTERNAL WAVES; LAYER DISTRIBUTIONS; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NEPHELOID LAYERS; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; NW MEDITERRANEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; VALENCIA; WATER MASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONVERGENCE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; INTERNAL WAVE; NEPHELOID LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RESUSPENSION; SEAFLOOR; SHELF BREAK; SILL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

GULF OF VALENCIA; IBIZA CHANNEL; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84872272622     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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