Morphology and sediment dynamics of the northern Catalan continental shelf, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Geomorphology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-20

  Durán, Ruth ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Sanz, José Luis ^b   Lastras, Galderic ^a   Amblas, David ^a   Micallef, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan continental shelf; Dense shelf water cascading; Eastern storms; Geomorphology; Multibeam bathymetry; Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SHELF SEDIMENT; SHORELINE; SUBMARINE CANYON; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DENSE WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; TORDERA RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN];

ROSA;

EID: 84887230249     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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