Assessing conditions leading to severe wind erosion in the antelope valley, california, 1990–1991

Professional Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-97

  Bach, Andrew J ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian geomorphology; Climatology; Dust storms; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002252428     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00106     Document Type: Article

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