Measurement and prediction of wave-generated suborbital ripples

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Williams, J J ^a   Bell, P S ^a   Thorne, P D ^a   Metje, N ^b   Coates, L E ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ripple evolution; Ripple prediction; Suborbital ripples

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RIPPLE; SEAFLOOR; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE-SEAFLOOR INTERACTION;

EID: 2342556418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001882     Document Type: Article

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