A unifying model for planform straightness of ripples and dunes in air and water

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 176-185

  Rubin, David M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Dunes; Geomorphology; Ripples

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DUNE FORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIPPLE; SAND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84864747252     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.010     Document Type: Review

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