Bed forms created by simulated waves and currents in a large flume

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Lacy, Jessica R ^a   Rubin, David M ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^b   Mokudai, Kuniyasu ^b   Hanes, Daniel M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR STRESS; WATER WAVES;

BEDFORM; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OSCILLATION; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 37349116201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003942     Document Type: Article

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