Bed-form dynamics: Does the tail wag the dog?

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 771-774

  Werner, B T ^a   Kocurek, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS;

BED FORMS; DEFECT DYNAMICS; DUNE FIELDS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; NEARSHORES; CREST LINES;

DYNAMICS;

BEDFORM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUNE FIELD; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; DEFECT; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL;

EID: 0031464694     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0771:BFDDTT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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