A test of a climatic index of dune mobility using measurements from the southwestern United States

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-207

  Lancaster, Nicholas ^a   Helm, Paula ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic gradient; Dune mobility index; Sand transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DUNE; MOBILITY; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034066806     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(200002)25:2<197::AID-ESP82>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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