Simulating and understanding sand wave variation: A case study of the Golden Gate sand waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sterlini, F ^a   Hulscher, S J M H ^a   Hanes, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND WAVE; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER DEPTH; WAVE FIELD; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 73649086251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF000999     Document Type: Article

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