Aeolian system sediment state: Theory and Mojave Desert Kelso dune field example

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 505-515

  Kocurek, Gary ^a,b   Lancaster, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand sea; Aeolian sediment transport; Kelso dune field

Indexed keywords

DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032820676     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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