Trawling-induced daily sediment resuspension in the flank of a Mediterranean submarine canyon

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-183

  Martín, Jacobo ^a   Puig, Pere ^a   Palanques, Albert ^a   Ribó, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Man induced effects; Nepheloid layers; Northwestern Mediterranean; Resuspension; Sediment dynamics; Submarine canyons; Trawling

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY;

MAN-INDUCED EFFECTS; NEPHELOID LAYERS; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; RE-SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRAWLING;

FISHERIES;

BOTTOM TRAWLING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FOLD; GRAVITY FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEPHELOID LAYER; RESUSPENSION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALAMOS CANYON;

EID: 84901666907     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.05.036     Document Type: Article

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