Morphodynamics in sediment-starved inner-shelf submarine canyons (Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Eastern Canada)

The contemporaneous activity and sedimentary processes in a series of inner-shelf submarine canyons located in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary were examined using high-resolution multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data. The presence of crescent-shaped bedforms (CSBs) displaced upslope at the bottom of the canyons between 2007 and 2012 indicates that they are currently active through the remobilization of sediment by gravity flows. However, the...