Observations and analysis of sediment diffusivity profiles over sandy rippled beds under waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Thome, Peter D ^a   Davies, Alan G ^b   Belll, Paul S ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VORTEX SHEDDING;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS; BED FORMS; BED SEDIMENTS; DIFFUSIVITIES; ENSEMBLE AVERAGING; FINE SAND; MIXING MECHANISMS; REGULAR WAVES; SAND GRAIN SIZE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEEP SLOPE; TURBULENT PROCESS;

DIFFUSION;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BEDFORM; DIFFUSIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 66149171511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004944     Document Type: Article

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