Patterns in the sand: From forcing templates to self-organization

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 271-290

  Coco, Giovanni ^a   Murray, A Brad ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence; Forcing template; Morphodynamics; Nearshore rhythmic patterns; Self organization

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; FLUID FLOW; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548384381     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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