Nearshore sandbar migration predicted by an eddy-diffusive boundary layer model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Henderson, Stephen M ^a   Allen, J S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Benthic boundary layers; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANDBAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 4444293611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002137     Document Type: Article

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