Dry aeolian dust accumulation in rocky deserts: A medium-term field experiment based on short-term wind tunnel simulations

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-57

  Goossens, Dirk ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Desert; Dust; Dust accumulation; Negev; Wind; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; WIND TUNNEL;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0034104123     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(200001)25:1<41::AID-ESP47>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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