Megaflutes in a continental shelf setting, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland

Geomorphology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-25

  Shaw, John ^a   Puig, Pere ^b   Han, Guoqi ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Megaflutes; Newfoundland; Placentia Bay; Seafloor erosion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TSUNAMI;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PLACENTIA BAY;

EID: 84875895388     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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