Wave-angle control of delta evolution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Ashton, Andrew D ^a   Giosan, Liviu ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ASPECT RATIO; BEACHES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

BEACH RIDGE; FIRST-ORDER; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBLIQUE WAVE; PROGRADATION; RIVER CHANNELS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SELF-ORGANIZED; UPDRIFT;

RIVER CONTROL;

BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DELTA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROIN; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SELF ORGANIZATION; SHORELINE;

EID: 79960239138     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047630     Document Type: Article

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