Shear stress partitioning in sparsely vegetated desert canopies

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 607-619

  Wolfe, S A ^a   Nickling, W G ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lateral cover; Shear stress partitioning; Vegetation; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL LOSS; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION;

USA, ARIZONA, SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 0029730001     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199607)21:7<607::AID-ESP660>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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