Recent sediment transport and deposition in the Cap-Ferret Canyon, South-East margin of Bay of Biscay

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-144

  Schmidt, Sabine ^a   Howa, Hélène ^b   Diallo, Amy ^a   Martín, Jacobo ^c   Cremer, Michel ^a   Duros, Pauline ^b   Fontanier, Christophe ^b   Deflandre, Bruno ^d   Metzger, Edouard ^b   Mulder, Thierry ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Bioturbation; Cap Ferret Canyon; Particulate flux; Sediment transport; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTATION;

BAY OF BISCAY; BIOTURBATION; CAP-FERRET CANYON; MASS ACCUMULATIONS; PARTICLE-REACTIVE RADIONUCLIDES; PARTICULATE FLUXES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BIOTURBATION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE FLUX; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

AQUITAINE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CAP FERRET CANYON; FRANCE; GIRONDE ESTUARY; LANDES;

MUSTELA;

EID: 84901653740     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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