Wind velocity and sand transport on a barchan dune

Geomorphology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 245-255

  Sauermann, G ^a   Andrade, Jr ^b   Maia, L P ^b   Costa, U M S ^b   Araujo A D ^c   Herrmann, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL VALE DO ACARAÚ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barchan dune; Sand transport; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; COASTAL LANDFORM; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND VELOCITY;

BRAZIL; CEARA STATE; JERICOACOARA;

EID: 0141514421     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00359-8     Document Type: Article

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