Wind-tunnel modelling of the influence of vegetation structure on saltation threshold

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 589-605

  Brad Musick, H ^a,c   Trujillo, Steven M ^b   Randall Truman, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Porosity; Saltation threshold; Vegetation cover; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN TRANSPORT; ASPECT RATIO; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION; WIND;

EID: 0029757609     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199607)21:7<589::aid-esp659>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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