The influence of tides, wind and waves on the net sand transport in the North Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 22, Issue 18-19, 2002, Pages 2739-2762

  Van Der Molen, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

North Sea; Sediment transport; Shelf; Tides; Wind waves; Wind driven flow

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND WAVE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

NORTH SEA;

FRIESIA;

EID: 0012643068     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00124-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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