The ability to predict the presence and physical properties of small-scale sand ripples on the
sea bed is important for determining the bed roughness felt by currents and waves, for …

Scour protection is an important component of fixed bottom foundations for offshore wind
turbines. Depending on the hydrodynamic conditions, they might be indispensable to avoid …

Coral reefs generate substantial volumes of carbonate sediment, which is redistributed
throughout the reef‐lagoon system. However, there is little understanding of the specific …

The geomorphology of the Yangtze Estuary in the Changjiang River Delta in Eastern China
has been the subject of extensive research. This study extends previous work to examine …

Seagrass meadows are prominent in many coastal zones worldwide and significant
contributors to global primary production. The large bottom roughness (or canopy) created …

Characteristics and formation of the tidal shear front off the Yellow River Mouth had been
previously studied based on observations and models. However, its long-term variability and …

Many coastal and estuarine environments are dominated by mixtures of non-cohesive sand
and cohesive mud. The migration rate of bedforms, such as ripples and dunes, in these …

The effect of bedforms on frictional roughness felt by the overlying flow is crucial to the
regional modelling of estuaries and coastal seas. Bedforms are also a key marker of …

Wave–current ripples that develop on seabeds of mixed non-cohesive sand and cohesive
clay are commonplace in coastal and estuarine environments. While laboratory research on …

A tidal shear front (TSF) can be defined as an obvious horizontal gradient of flow velocity
formed by opposing tidal currents (reversed TSF) or same-direction tidal currents …