Sedimentary dynamics of continental shelves / edited by C.A. Nittrouer. - Amsterdam ; New York : New York : Elsevier Scientific ; Distributed for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier/North Holland, 1981. - 1 online resource (viii, 449 pages) : illustrations. - Developments in sedimentology ; 32 . - Developments in sedimentology ; 32. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Sedimentary Dynamics of Continental Shelves; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Suspended-sediment transport and benthic boundary-layer dynamics; Chapter 2. New instrumentation for the investigation of sediment suspension processes in the shallow marine environment; Chapter 3. Measurements of the Reynolds stress components close to a marine sand bank; Chapter 4. The role of non-uniform roughness in the formation of sand ribbons; Chapter 5. Comparisons of measured and predicted sediment transport rates in tidal currents.

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Marine sediments.
Continental shelf.
Sediment transport.
Sédiments marins.
Plateau continental.
Sédiments (Géologie)--Transport.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geography.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geology.
Continental shelf.
Marine sediments.
Sediment transport.


Electronic books.

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