The effect of wind gusts, moisture content and fetch length on sand transport on a beach

Geomorphology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 115-129

  Davidson Arnott, Robin G ^a   MacQuarrie, Kelvin ^a   Aagaard, Troels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand transport; Intermittency; Moisture content; Threshold of motion

Indexed keywords

BEACH; EOLIAN PROCESS; GUST; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND MEASUREMENT;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; RIBE; SCANDINAVIA; SKALLINGEN PENINSULA; WORLD;

EID: 18144383904     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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