The morphological dynamics of intertidal megaripples in the Mawddach Estuary, North Wales, and the implications for palaeoflow reconstructions

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-559

  Larcombe, Piers ^a,b   Jago, Colin F ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGARIPPLE; MIGRATION RATE; PALAEOFLOW RECONSTRUCTION; PALAEOFLOW RECONSTRUCTIONS; SAND WAVES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL BEDFORM; TIDAL DYNAMICS;

UK, WALES, GWYNEDD, MAWDDACH ESTUARY; UK, WALES, MAWDDACH ESTUARY;

EID: 0029752977     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-16.x     Document Type: Article

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