Sand detachment by wind-driven raindrops

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-250

  Erpul, G ^a   Gabriels, D ^b   Norton, L D ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact angle; Impact energy; Sand detachment; Wind driven raindrops

Indexed keywords

DRAG; EROSION; GRAVITATION; RAIN; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; RAINDROP; RAINGAUGES; SOIL SURFACE;

SAND;

SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 14844359446     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1178     Document Type: Article

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