Influence of vegetation cover on sand transport by wind: Field studies at Owens Lake, California

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-82

  Lancaster, Nicholas ^a   Baas, Andy ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Saltation threshold; Sand transport; Vegetation cover; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AEROLIAN PROCESSES; SAND TRANSPORT; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, OWENS LAKE;

EID: 0031946366     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199801)23:1<69::AID-ESP823>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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