Local wave climate and long-term bed shear stress characteristics in Monterey Bay, CA

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 341-353

  Xu, J P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term statistics; Monterey Bay; Shear stress; Waves

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEET FLOW; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032773545     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00192-3     Document Type: Article

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