Modeling sand wave characteristics on the Belgian Continental Shelf and in the Calais-Dover Strait

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Cherlet, J ^a   Besio, Giospud ^a   Blondeaux, P ^a   van Lancker, V ^b   Verfaillie, E ^b   Vittori, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; SAND WAVE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WAVE MODELING; WAVELENGTH;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; DOVER STRAIT; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548303650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004089     Document Type: Article

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