Wind erosion of crusted soil sediments

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-293

  Rice, M A ^a   Willetts, B B ^a   Mcewan, I K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crusts; Dust; Saltation; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CRUSTED SOIL; DUST; SALTATION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 0029728854     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199603)21:3<279::AID-ESP633>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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