Response of low-angle dunes to variable flow

Sedimentology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 743-760

  Hendershot, Megan L ^a,e   Venditti, Jeremy G ^a   Bradley, Ryan W ^a   Kostaschuk, Ray A ^a   Church, Michael ^b   Allison, Mead A ^c,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c The Water Institute of the Gulf   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

^e SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low angle dunes; symmetrical dunes; tidally influenced flows; unsteady flow bedforms

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; TIDES;

BEDFORMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; FLOW ENVIRONMENT; LOW-ANGLE DUNES; MEAN FLOW VELOCITIES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SYMMETRICAL DUNES; TIDALLY INFLUENCED FLOWS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BEDFORM; DEPOSITION; DUNE; EROSION; FLOW VELOCITY; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER ESTUARY;

EID: 84953245273     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12236     Document Type: Article

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