Predicting ripple roughness and sand resuspension under combined flows in a shoreface environment

Marine Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 139-161

  Li, Michael Z ^a   Wright, L D ^b   Amos, Carl L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDS-RIPPLED; RESUSPENSION; RIPPLES; SEA BED ROUGHNESS; SEDIMENT;

PREDICTIVE MODEL; RESUSPENSION; RIPPLE GEOMETRY; RIPPLE ROUGHNESS; SAND RESUSPENSION; SAND RIPPLES; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; SHOREFACE ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC, MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 0029656643     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00132-8     Document Type: Article

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