Comment on "Large-scale bedforms along a tideless outer shelf setting in the western Mediterranean" by Lo Iacono et al. (2010) in Continental Shelf Research vol 30, pp. 1802-1813

被引：8

作者：

Flemming, B. W. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Senckenberg, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany

来源：

CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH | 2013年 / 52卷

关键词：

Western Mediterranean; Subaqueous dunes; Height/wavelength relationship; Water depth; Grain size; SUBAQUEOUS BEDFORMS; EDGE DELTAS; SAND BODIES; DUNES; SEA; MORPHOLOGY; MARGIN; COAST; GULF;

D O I：

10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.012

中图分类号：

P7 [海洋学];

学科分类号：

0707 ;

摘要：

Lo Iacono et al. (2010) report the discovery of large (but degraded) subaqueous dunes on the outer continental shelf NE of Valencia, western Mediterranean Sea. They argue that the dunes, after having been generated sometime in the past, are being episodically rejuvenated by high-energy flow events to the present day. Because the height vs. wavelength relation of the dunes falls below the global mean trend predicted by the equation of Flemming (1988), they claim to have discovered a new, low-amplitude type of flow-transverse bedform which typically occurs on microtidal current-swept outer continental shelves. A close inspection of the evidence shows that the reasoning of Lo Iacono et al. (2010) is flawed and that their interpretations and conclusions are premature and unjustified. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：203 / 207

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