Nearshore Bedforms
Vaucher, Romain, and Dashtgard, Shahin E. (2022) Nearshore Bedforms. In: Sherman, Douglas J., (ed.) Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, London, United Kingdom, pp. 230-246.
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Abstract
Bedforms are the expression of fluid flow acting on sediments. They are defined by their wavelength, height and three-dimensional morphology, and these parameters vary as a function of flow properties, and both sediment grain size and sorting. Bedforms are the fundamental elements of sedimentary systems, and this article focuses on those encountered at the transition between the continental and marine realms—the nearshore. In nearshore environments, wave-, tide-, and river-induced flows act individually and/or together to construct different bedforms such as ripples, dunes, upper-stage plane beds, and supercritical bedforms.
| Item ID: | 86851 |
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| Item Type: | Book Chapter (Research - B1) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-12-818235-2 |
| Keywords: | Combined-flow, Dunes, Oscillatory, Ripples, Supercritical bedforms, Unidirectional, Upper-stage plane beds |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2025 05:02 |
| FoR Codes: | 37 EARTH SCIENCES > 3705 Geology > 370509 Sedimentology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences @ 100% |
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