Blowing sand and surface winds in the Pisco to Chala Area, Southern Peru

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-117

  Gay Jr , S P ^a  

^a Applied Geophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSAT; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WIND; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AREQUIPA [PERU]; CHALA; ICA; PERU; PISCO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10344251546     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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