On the crescentic shape of barchan dunes

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-514

  Hersen, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SAND; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

GRANULAR SYSTEMS; PATTERN FORMATION; PATTERN SELECTION; SAND-FLUX CONSTRAINT;

SIZE DETERMINATION;

EID: 2542456447     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2004-00087-y     Document Type: Article

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