Near-bed mass flux profiles in aeolian sand transport: High-resolution measurements in a wind tunnel

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 393-412

  Butterfield, Graeme R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian mass flux; Mass flux profile; Optical sensor; Transport rates

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0032779927     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199905)24:5<393::AID-ESP996>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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