Tidally modulated occurence of megaripples in a saturated surf zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Clarke, L B ^a   Werner, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed form; Megaripple; Model; Nearshore; Surf zone; Tide

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEDFORM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL POWER;

BEACH; BEDFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURF ZONE; TIDAL POWER;

EID: 2342600184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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