Interactions between airflow and valley topography with implications for aeolian sediment transport

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 366-380

  Wiggs, G F S ^a   Garvey, B ^a   Bullard, J E ^b   Castro, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airflow; Sediment transport; Topography

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; EOLIAN PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0142217031     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.5.366     Document Type: Article

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