Assessing the microped size distributions of desert soils erodible by wind

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 901-911

  Chatenet, B ^a   Marticorena, B ^a   Gomes, L ^a   Bergametti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; DESERT SOIL; MICROPED SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MINERAL AEROSOL; WIND EROSION;

EID: 0030453210     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01509.x     Document Type: Article

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