Flow and sediment suspension events over low-angle dunes: Fraser Estuary, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1693-1709

  Bradley, R W ^a   Venditti, J G ^a   Kostaschuk, R A ^a   Church, M ^b   Hendershot, M ^a   Allison, M A ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CHANNEL FLOW; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MORPHODYNAMICS; SALT WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER ESTUARY;

EID: 84887847240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20118     Document Type: Article

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