Mean currents and sediment transport in a rip channel

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-45

  Aagaard, Troels ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Nielsen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell circulation; Coastal morphodynamics; Rip currents; Suspended sediment; Tides

Indexed keywords

CHANNELS; CURRENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEACH; RIP CHAMMEL; RIP CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030834355     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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