Vertical profiles of mass flux for windblown sand movement at steady state

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Zheng, Xiaojing ^a   He, Lihong ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution function of liftoff velocities; Mass flux profiles; Steady state

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTATION; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 2542499678     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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