Modeling the equilibrium of tide-dominated ebb-tidal deltas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  van der Vegt, M ^a   Schuttelaars, H M ^b   de Swart, H E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; EDDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFLOW; MODELING; MORPHODYNAMICS; TIDAL CURRENT; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER WAVE; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 34047211035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000312     Document Type: Article

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