The genesis of an inter-field marine sandwave and the associated anti-asymmetry migration of neighboring crests

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hanes, Daniel M ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

BED FORMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE SECTION; MULTI-BEAM; SAN FRANCISCO; SAND WAVES; SANDWAVE; STABLE FIELDS; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; TIME-PERIODS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ASYMMETRY; BEDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; SAND WAVE; SHAPE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857585933     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050641     Document Type: Article

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