The effect of unsteady winds on sediment transport on the stoss slope of a transverse dune, Silver Peak, NV, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 211-226

  Mckenna Neuman, C ^a   Lancaster, N ^b   Nickling, W G ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Sediment transport; Transverse dune; Unsteady wind

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343618670     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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