Migration and internal architecture of marine dunes in the eastern English Channel over 14 and 56 year intervals: The influence of tides and decennial storms

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1480-1493

  Ferret, Y ^a   Le Bot, S ^a   Tessier, B ^b   Garlan, T ^c   Lafite, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c SHOM   (France)

Author keywords

Dune migration; Dune morphodynamics; Eastern english channel; Internal architecture; Storms; Tide

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; BOUNDING SURFACES; DUNE MIGRATION; ENGLISH CHANNEL; IN-FIELD; INTERANNUAL; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MIGRATION RATES; MORPHODYNAMICS; PROGRADATION; SEABED SEDIMENTS; SECOND ORDERS; SEDIMENT WEDGE; SEISMIC DATAS; SIDE SLOPE; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIME INTERVAL; TIME-SCALES; WIND FORCES;

ARCHITECTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TIDAL POWER;

STORMS;

BEDFORM; DUNE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEAFLOOR; STORM; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; WIND FORCING;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; FRANCE; PICARDIE; SOMME; SOMME BAY;

EID: 78149342056     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2051     Document Type: Article

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