Recent stabilization of active sand dunes on the Canadian prairies and relation to recent climate variations

Geomorphology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 131-147

  Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a   Wolfe, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate; Continental dunes; Wind transport

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144418214     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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