Fine-grained versus coarse-grained wave ripples generated experimentally under large-scale oscillatory flow

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Cummings, Don I ^a,b   Dumas, Simone ^a,c   Dalrymple, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BED CONFIGURATION; COARSE SANDS; COARSE-GRAINED; COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; FINE GRAINED; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; VERY FINE SANDS;

SAND;

DUNE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; OSCILLATING FLOW; RIPPLE; STRATIFICATION; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 60249090939     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.012     Document Type: Article

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