Computer simulations of self-organized megaripples in the nearshore

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gallagher, E L ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURF ZONE;

EID: 79551622086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001473     Document Type: Article

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