On the transition between 2D and 3D dunes

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1343-1359

  Venditti, Jeremy G ^a,c   Church, Michael ^a   Bennett, Sean J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D bedforms; Dunes; Fluvial processes; Ripples; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDFORM; DUNE FORMATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 33745238699     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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