Vertical distribution of wind-blown sand flux in the surface layer, taklamakan desert, central asia

Physical Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-218

  Weinan, Chen ^a,b   Zuotao, Yang ^a   Jiashen, Zhang ^a   Zhiwen, Han ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wind Erosion Research Unit US   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian geomorphology; Aeolian transport; Horizontal sand flux; Sand dune; Taklamakan Desert; Vertical sediment distribution

Indexed keywords

DUST; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SAND PARTICLE;

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; AEOLIAN TRANSPORT; SAND DUNE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA, XINJIANG PROVINCE, TAKLAMAKAN DESERT;

EID: 0030316924     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1996.10642581     Document Type: Article

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