Lethal sandslides from Eolian dunes

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 707-713

  Loope, David B ^a   Mason, Joseph A ^a   Dingus, Lowell ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAVITY FLOW; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; RAINSTORM;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0033496810     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314377     Document Type: Article

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