Cross-shore migration of lunate megaripples during Duck94

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Ngusaru, Amani S ^a   Hay, Alex E ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Bedload transport; Megaripples; Nearshore hydrodynamics; Sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM;

EID: 2442440135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001532     Document Type: Article

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