Windflow circulation patterns in a coastal dune blowout, south coast of Lake Michigan

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 451-460

  Fraser, Gordon S ^a   Bennett, Steven W ^b   Olyphant, Greg A ^b   Bauch, Nancy J ^b   Ferguson, Victoria ^a   Gellasch, Christopher A ^b   Millard, Ćlayton L ^b   Mueller, Barbel ^b   O'Malley, Patrick J ^b   Way, J Nathan ^b   Woodfield, Margaret C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dune geomorphology; Dune stabilization; Wind erosion; Wind profile systems

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUT; COASTAL DUNE; WINDFLOW;

EID: 0031979222     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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