A laboratory study on the shear instability of longshore currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C4, 1997, Pages 8597-8609

  Reniers, J H M ^a   Battjes, J A ^a   Falques A ^b   Huntley, D A ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; INSTABILITY; OSCILLATIONS; SHORELINES;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LONGSHORE CURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS;

EID: 0030813457     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03863     Document Type: Article

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