Wind waves on a mudflat: The influence of fetch and depth on bed shear stresses

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mariotti, Giulio ^a   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed shear stress; Fetch depth limited conditions; Tidal flat morphology; Wind surface waves

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MUDFLAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RESUSPENSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHEAR STRESS; STORM SURGE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVE;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84879415620     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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