Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4719223 | Marine Geology | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
These are found in depths of â¼ 5m along the trough of the hurricane bar, where hindcasts show strong longshore currents only during severe storms. The waves extend over tens of kilometers of coast after Dennis but are absent from the same area in four other datasets. Observed wavelength to water depth ratios are comparable to river dunes and tidal sand waves but height to depth ratios are smaller, with the largest wave heights around 0.1 times the water depth. The sand wave generation mechanism is hypothesized to be from wind-and-wave-induced longshore currents, which were hindcast to be large during Dennis, with destruction from water wave orbital velocities.
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Authors
Andrew B. Kennedy, K. Clint Slatton, Tian-Jian Hsu, Michael J. Starek, Kittipat Kampa,