Growth of river mouth bars in sheltered bays in the presence of frontal waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 872-886

  Nardin, W ^a,b   Mariotti, G ^a   Edmonds, D A ^c   Guercio, R ^b   Fagherazzi, S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal geomorphology, fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport, Wind waves and currents; DELFT3D; Mouth bar; river delta; SWAN; waves

Indexed keywords

BAR; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DELTA; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVE; LONGSHORE CURRENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84880684147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20057     Document Type: Article

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