Sand transport on an estuarine submarine dune field

Geomorphology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 257-265

  Gómez, Eduardo A ^a,b   Cuadrado, Diana G ^a,c   Pierini, Jorge O ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UTN Regional Bahía Blanca ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ADCP profiles; Dune migration; Sand dunes; Swath bathymetry system

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEDFORM; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TIDAL CURRENT;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

EID: 77954758580     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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