Wind tunnel and field testing of a simple sand catcher for sampling inhomogeneously saltating sand in desertified environments

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-503

  Mohammed, A E ^a   Van De Veer, O D ^b   Oldenziel, H J ^b   Stigter, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; SALTATION; SAMPLING; SAND CATCHER; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0029769768     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-24.x     Document Type: Article

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