Recent ventifact development on the central Oregon Coast, Western USA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-98

  Knight, Jasper ^a   Burningham, Helene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal dynamics; Oregon; Ventifacts; Wind abrasion rates; Wind transport

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

VENTIFACTS;

LANDFORMS;

ABRASION; BEDROCK; COASTAL EROSION; EOLIAN PROCESS; WIND DIRECTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037277974     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.432     Document Type: Article

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