Effect of depth-dependent wave stirring on the final amplitude of shoreface-connected sand ridges

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 22, Issue 18-19, 2002, Pages 2763-2776

  Calvete, D ^a   De Swart, H E ^a   Falques A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Morphodynamics; Non linear modelling; Shoreface connected sand ridges

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MORPHODYNAMICS; SAND RIDGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE-SEAFLOOR INTERACTION;

EID: 0037633175     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00125-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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