Modelling the hydrodynamics of offshore sandbanks

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1264-1286

  Pan, S ^a   MacDonald, N ^b   Williams, J ^c   O'Connor, B A ^a   Nicholson, J ^a   Davies, A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Pacific International Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Bottom friction; Mathematical modelling; Middelkerke Bank; Sandbanks; Wave current interaction

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM FRICTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EIGENVALUE; GALERKIN METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL TEST; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANDBANK; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER COLUMN; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; MIDDLEKERKE BANK; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34248524554     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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