Relation of sortable silt grain-size to deep-sea current speeds: Calibration of the ‘Mud Current Meter’

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 127, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-12

  McCave, I N ^a   Thornalley, D J R ^b   Hall, I R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Current; Mud current meter; Sediment deposition; Sortable silt

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

CURRENT METERS; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RESUSPENSION EVENTS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SELECTIVE DEPOSITION;

SPEED;

CALIBRATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITION; EQUIPMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MUDFLOW; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARAMETERIZATION; RESUSPENSION; SEAFLOOR; SILT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); ROCKALL TROUGH; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 85026659512     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.07.003     Document Type: Article

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