A distribution-free statistical method for the spatial characterization of dune granulometry: An axample from the Strzelecki Desert, South Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-131

  Bishop, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian sedimentology; Barchan dunes; Process analysis; Strzelecki Desert

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DESERTS; GRANULOMETRIC DIFFERENCES;

LANDFORMS;

BARCHAN; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRZELECKI DESERT;

EID: 0442281799     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1007     Document Type: Article

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