Bottom topography and sediments around Isla del Caño, Pacific of Costa Rica

 

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Autori: Cortés, Jorge, Fonseca, Ana Cecilia, Hebbeln, Dierk
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:1996
Descrizione:The: bottom topography around Isla del Caño, to a distance of 11 km was determined during the Costa Rica expedition of the German Research Vessel Victor Hensen. A map resulting from that survey is presented in this paper. Additionally, sediment samples were taken using a box corer, along three transects, one on the north side of the island, one on the northwest and one on the east. The sediments around Isla del Caño are of tenigenous origin. with small contributions of carbonates from the island's coral reefs.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/29401
Accesso online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/29401
Keyword:Caño Island
bottom topography
map