Speculations on processes responsible for mesoscale current lineations on the continental shelf, southern California
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Abstract
A side-scan sonar survey of San Pedro shelf, California, reveals areas of mesoscale current lineations oriented approximately north-northeast in water depths of 20-25 m. Widths of sand ribbons range from 40 to 120 m and intervening erosional furrows, from 15 to 50 m. A conceptual model shows that the scale and orientation of current lineations agree with the dimensions and axial directions of Langmuir circulations theoretically generated by a combination either of southerly and southwesterly winds with regular trains of swell from the southern hemisphere or of two sets of wave trains crossing from the south and west. These longitudinal bedforms indicate shore-normal sediment transport at the times and on the areas of the shelf when and where they have been observed.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Speculations on processes responsible for mesoscale current lineations on the continental shelf, southern California |
| Series title | Marine Geology |
| DOI | 10.1016/0025-3227(80)90132-2 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
| Description | 10 p. |
| First page | M9 |
| Last page | M18 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | San Pedro shelf |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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