Aeolian dust erosion on different types of hills in a rocky desert: Wind tunnel simulations and field measurements

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-229

  Goossens, Dirk ^a   Offer, Zvi Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Desert; Erosion; Topography; Wind; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN PROCESSES; DESERT; DUST; EROSION; HILLSLOPE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0031258946     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0282     Document Type: Article

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