Sedimentary dynamics of continental shelves ( Volume 32 )

Publication series :Volume 32

Author: Nittrouer   C. A.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 1981

E-ISBN: 9780080869469

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780444419620

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780444419620

Subject: P512.2 denudation, transport and deposition

Language: ENG

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Sedimentary dynamics of continental shelves

Chapter

Front Cover

pp.:  1 – 4

Copyright Page

pp.:  5 – 6

Contents

pp.:  6 – 8

Preface

pp.:  8 – 10

Chapter 2. New instrumentation for the investigation of sediment suspension processes in the shallow marine environment

pp.:  28 – 44

Chapter 3. Measurements of the Reynolds stress components close to a marine sand bank

pp.:  44 – 58

Chapter 4. The role of non-uniform roughness in the formation of sand ribbons

pp.:  58 – 84

Chapter 5. Comparisons of measured and predicted sediment transport rates in tidal currents

pp.:  84 – 114

Chapter 6. Field investigations of the threshold of grain motion by ocean waves and currents

pp.:  114 – 142

Chapter 7. Effects of biological activity on the entrainment of marine sediments

pp.:  142 – 164

Chapter 8. A simple model of flow—sediment—organism interaction

pp.:  164 – 182

Chapter 9. The use of radon-222 as a tracer of sediment irrigation and mixing on the Washington continental shelf

pp.:  182 – 210

Chapter 10. The formation of sedimentary strata in an allochthonous shelf environment: the Washington continental shelf

pp.:  210 – 242

Chapter 11. Sand waves on an epicontinental shelf: northern Bering Sea

pp.:  242 – 268

Chapter 12. Factors controlling shelf sediment dispersal along the southeast African continental margin

pp.:  268 – 288

Chapter 13. Sediment entrainment on a wave-graded shelf, Roussillon, France

pp.:  288 – 310

Chapter 14. Morphology and dynamic sedimentology of the eastern Nile delta shelf

pp.:  310 – 336

Chapter 15. Offbank transport of carbonate sands along open, leeward bank margins: northern Bahamas

pp.:  336 – 358

Chapter 16. Processes controlling the characteristics of the surficial sand sheet, U.S. Atlantic outer continental shelf

pp.:  358 – 378

Chapter 17. Sediment transport in the New York Bight, North American Atlantic Shelf

pp.:  378 – 408

Chapter 18. The Hudson Shelf Valley: its role in shelf sediment transport

pp.:  408 – 438

Chapter 19. Preservation potential of transgressive coastal lithosomes on the U.S. Atlantic shelf

pp.:  438 – 452

Index

pp.:  452 – 460

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