Very large subaqueous sand dunes on the upper continental slope in the South China Sea generated by episodic, shoaling deep-water internal solitary waves

Marine Geology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Reeder, D Benjamin ^a   Ma, Barry B ^b   Yang, Yiing Jang ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Naval Academy   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Internal solitary waves; Sand dunes; Sediment waves; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; SAND DUNES; SEDIMENT WAVES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLITONS;

SAND;

AMPLITUDE; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; DISSIPATION; DUNE; ENERGY USE; EPISODIC EVENT; SEDIMENT WAVE; SHALLOW WATER; SHOALING WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WATER DEPTH; WAVELENGTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 78650813098     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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