Geometry and grain-size sorting of ripples on low-energy sandy beaches: Field observations and model predictions

Sedimentology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 483-503

  Doucette, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Grain size; Low energy beaches; Ripple geometry

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEDFORM; GRAIN SIZE; RIPPLE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 0036077874     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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