Sediment transport and bedforms in a carbonate tidal inlet; Lee Stocking Island, Exumas, Bahamas

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1015-1030

  Gonzalez, Ramon ^a,b   Eberli, Gregor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BEDFORMS; CARBONATE SAND; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; OOLITE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CURRENTS;

BAHAMAS, LEE STOCKING ISLAND;

EID: 0031416717     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-59.x     Document Type: Article

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