The blown sand flux over a sandy surface: A wind tunnel investigation on the fetch effect

Geomorphology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 117-127

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^a   Liu, Xiaoping ^a   Wang, Xunming ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Fetch effect; Flux profile; Transport equation

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE FLUX; SALTATION; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0347093150     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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