The morphology of barchan-shaped sand banks from western Torres Strait, northern Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 638-652

  Daniell, James J ^a   Hughes, Michael ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barchan; Migration; Sand bank; Sand dune; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; BEDLOAD; MORPHOLOGY; SANDBANK; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TRADE WIND;

TORRES STRAIT;

EID: 36148954742     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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