Bedforms of the Middle Reaches of the Tay Estuary, Scotland

Fluvial Sedimentology VI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 33-41

  Wewetzer, S F K ^a   Duck, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedforms of middle reaches of Tay Estuary, Scotland; Dune wavelength; Geometrical parameters of dunes; Intertidal bedform size and morphological characteristics; Middle reach bedforms of Tay estuary; Tay Railway Bridge and Tay Road Bridge causing obstructions to free flow of the tidal waters

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; ROADS AND STREETS;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS OF DUNES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NAVIGATION CHANNELS; ROAD BRIDGE; TAY ESTUARY; THREE-WAVELENGTHS;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 84905016547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304213.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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