Bedform geometry on a barred sandy shore

Marine Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 243-259

  Swales, Andrew ^a   Oldman, John W ^a   Smith, Keith ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barred beach; Bedform geometry; Megaripples; Sled

Indexed keywords

BARRED BEACH; BEDFORM GEOMETRY; MEGARIPPLES; SLED;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VORTEX FLOW;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BEDFORM; GEOMETRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE;

EID: 32544447108     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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