Response of sand ripples to change in oscillatory flow

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 581-596

  Doucette, J S ^a   O'Donoghue, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedform; Experiments; Flow tunnel; Laboratory; Oscillatory flow; Ripples; Sediment transport; Transient; Waves

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATING FLOW; RIPPLE;

EID: 33646690987     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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