Quantification of dune dynamics during a tidal cycle in an inlet channel of the Danish Wadden Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-163

  Ernstsen, Verner B ^a   Noormets, Riko ^b   Winter, Christian ^a   Hebbeln, Dierk ^a   Bartholomä, Alex ^c   Flemming, Burg W ^c   Bartholdy, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EROSION; FLOODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; DUNE CRESTS; DUNE DYNAMICS; DUNE TROUGHS; EBB TIDE; TIDAL CYCLE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL; DUNE; TIDAL CYCLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 33747169908     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-006-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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