Transient sand transport rates after wind tunnel start-up

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-30

  Al Awadhi, Jasem M ^a   Willetts, Brian B ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Saltation; Sand transport rate; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

SALTATION; SAND TRANSPORT RATE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0031896754     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199801)23:1<21::AID-ESP815>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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