Subaqueous dunes of the upper slope of the Fraser River delta (British Columbia, Canada)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 448-458

  Carle, Liliane ^a,b   Hill, Philip R ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Delta; Morphometry; Sedimentology; Subaqueous dunes; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BEDLOAD; DELTA; DUNE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEPTH; WAVELENGTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 66549121649     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0796.1     Document Type: Article

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