A consideration of the dune: Antidune transition in fine gravel

Sedimentology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1269-1282

  Carling, Paul A ^a   Shvidchenko, Andrey B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NW Hydraulic Consultants Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antidunes; Dunes; Gravel; Palaeohydraulics; Supercritical flow

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DUNE FORMATION; GRAVEL; HYDRAULICS; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0036922492     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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