A note on megaripples in the surf zone: Evidence for their relation to steady flow dunes

Marine Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 171-176

  Gallagher, Edith L ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Combined flow; Dunes; Megaripples; Nearshore; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STEADY FLOW; STORMS;

MEGARIPPLES;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STEADY FLOW; SURF ZONE;

EID: 0037442415     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00662-X     Document Type: Article

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