Nature of sediment dispersal off the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea: Preliminary sediment budget and implications for margin processes

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2417-2429

  Kuehl, Steven A ^a   Brunskill, Gregg J ^b   Burns, Kathy ^b   Fugate, David ^a   Kniskern, Tara ^a   Meneghini, Linda ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Papua New Guinea; Sediment budget; Sediment dispersal; Sepik River

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE CANYON;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEPIK RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 9644265475     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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