Prediction of time-evolving sand ripples in shelf seas

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-62

  Soulsby, R L ^a   Whitehouse, R J S ^a   Marten, K V ^b  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prediction equations; Sand ripples; Seabed ripples; Southern North Sea

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BIODEGRADATION; DATA SET; ORIENTATION; PREDICTION; RIPPLE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WAVELENGTH;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859980570     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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