Patch behaviour and predictability properties of modelled finite-amplitude sand ridges on the inner shelf

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 943-955

  Vis Star, N C ^a   De Swart, H E ^a   Calvete, D ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 79960526260     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-943-2008     Document Type: Article

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