Slope effect on saltation over a climbing sand dune

Geomorphology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-180

  White, Bruce R ^a   Tsoar, Haim ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dunes; Eolian features; Saltation; Sand; Sediment transport; Wind transport

Indexed keywords

SALTATION; SAND DUNE; SAND TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE;

EID: 0031748067     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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