Comparison between predicted and observed sand waves and sand banks in the North Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9327-9338

  Hulscher, Suzanne J M H ^a   Van Den Brink, G Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; MODELING; SAND WAVE; SANDBANK;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0034940617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc900003     Document Type: Review

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