An experimental study into the geometry of supply-limited dunes

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1713-1727

  Tuijnder, Arjan P ^a   Ribberink, Jan S ^a   Hulscher, Suzanne J M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bedform dimensions; Bedforms; Fluvial dunes; Sand gravel sediment; Supply limitation; Supply limited dunes

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDFORM; DUNE; FLUME EXPERIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMETRY; SAND AND GRAVEL;

EID: 70350090650     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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