Mechanisms for the formation of headland-associated linear sandbanks

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 987-1004

  Berthot, Alexis ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Formation; Headland; Morphological modelling; Sandbanks

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646687989     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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