Crescentic bedforms in the nearshore region

DOI10.1017/S0022112098003541zbMATH Open0952.76006OpenAlexW2043030845MaRDI QIDQ4262298FDOQ4262298

Authors: Huib De Swart, Paolo Blondeaux, Giovanna Vittori 

Publication date: 28 December 2000

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112098003541

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zbMATH Keywords

wave breakingreflection coefficientirrotational flowlinear theorybottom perturbationsedge waveswind wavessurf zonefeedback mechanismcoastal seacrescentic bedformsmorphodynamic instability mechanismnearshore zonerhythmic topography formsediment transport parametrization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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• Nonlinear effects on edge wave development
• Mechanics of coastal forms

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