Wavelength selection and symmetry breaking in orbital wave ripples

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2239-2257

  Nienhuis, Jaap H ^a,b   Perron, J Taylor ^a   Kao, Justin C T ^a,c   Myrow, Paul M ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Dropbox Inc ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE-SEAFLOOR INTERACTION; FLOW PATTERN; SAND; SYMMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84915820754     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003158     Document Type: Article

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