Australian desert dunes: Wind rift or depositional origin?

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-244

  Wopfner, H ^a   Twidale, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Victoria desert; Provenance; Sand dunes; Sediment transport; Simpson desert

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUNE; PROVENANCE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035070494     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2001.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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