Controls on the formation of coastal ventifacts

Geomorphology

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 243-253

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ireland; Paraglacial coasts; Ventifacts; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; EOLIAN PROCESS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; WIND FIELD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11244315316     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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