Megaripple Mechanics

Abstract

The long-term goal is to understand the physics of sediment transport by waves and currents and to use that understanding to predict the evolution of nearshore bathymetry given the nearshore fluid velocity field and seafloor sedimentology and stratigraphy. A secondary goal is to interpret the environment of deposition and the offshore wave climate from the sedimentary record.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA627967

Entities

People

  • Thomas G. Drake

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Images
  • Acquisition
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Automata
  • Computer Simulations
  • Data Acquisition
  • Geometry
  • Grain Size
  • Images
  • Mechanics
  • North Carolina
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Research Facilities
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • Simulations
  • Stratified Fluids

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography