Relaxation time effects of wave ripples on tidal beaches

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Austin, Martin J ^a   Masselink, G ^a   O'Hare, T J ^a   Russell, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

BED MORPHOLOGY; RELAXATION TIME EFFECTS; SEABED ROUGHNESS; WAVE RIPPLES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BEACH; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RIPPLE; ROUGHNESS; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 35948950210     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030696     Document Type: Article

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