Interannual changes in seafloor surficial geology at an artificial reef site on the inner continental shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-78

  Raineault, Nicole A ^a,b   Trembanis, Arthur C ^b   Miller, Douglas C ^b   Capone, Vince ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Black Laser Learning   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic classification; Artificial reef; Seafloor mapping; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEAFLOOR; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEGMENTATION; SHELF SEDIMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WIND POWER;

DELAWARE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877351872     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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