A laboratory study of formative conditions for characteristic ripple patterns associated with a change in wave conditions

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1431-1435

  Sekiguchi, Tomohiro ^a   Sunamura, Tsuguo ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deformation; Flow asymmetry; Rounded crest; Secondary crest; Wave formed ripples

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WAVE POWER;

CRESTS; DEGREE OF FLOW; RIPPLES;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

BEDFORM; DEFORMATION; FLUME; WAVE PATTERN;

BEDFORM; DEFORMATION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; RIPPLE; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 7244227957     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1139     Document Type: Article

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