Bar/trough generation on a natural beach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C5, 1996, Pages 12097-12110

  Thornton, E B ^a   Humiston, R T ^a,c,d   Birkemeier, W ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c Nav Pac Meteorol Oceanogr Ctr   (United States)

^d Box 113   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAR; BEACH SEDIMENT; CURRENT METER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM SEDIMENTATION; TROUGH;

EID: 0029751057     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC00209     Document Type: Article

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