Sand waves characteristics: Theoretical predictions versus field data

River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 985-992

  Besio, Giovanni ^a   Blondeaux, Paolo ^a   Van Lancker, Vera ^b   Verfaillie, Els ^b   Vittori, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; BELGIUM; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EDDY VISCOSITY; FIELD DATA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SAND WAVES; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SUSPENDED LOADS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TIDAL CURRENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ESTUARIES; FORECASTING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RIVERS;

EID: 84858146022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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