Aeolian Destabilization Along the Mojave River, Mojave Desert, California: Linkages Among Fluvial, Groundwater, and Aeolian Systems

Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 196-221

  Laity, Julie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian erosion; Barchan dunes; California; Dune encroachment; Groundwater geomorphology; Mojave Desert; Mojave River; Nebkhas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERTIFICATION; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; LAND DEGRADATION;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; RIPARIA; SALIX;

EID: 0442312775     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.24.3.196     Document Type: Article

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