Predicting ripple geometry and bed roughness under combined waves and currents in a continental shelf environment

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 941-970

  Li, Michael Z ^a   Amos, Carl L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED ROUGHNESS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT; PREDICTION; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE-SEAFLOOR INTERACTION;

EID: 0032143701     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(98)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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