Flow and turbulence structure across the ripple-dune transition: An experiment under mobile bed conditions

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 627-649

  Schindler, Robert J ^a,b   Robert, André ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler velocimeter; Ripple dune transition; Shear layer; Turbulence dampening

Indexed keywords

DUNE FORMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; RIPPLE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 20644449709     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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