Field evidence for surface-wave-induced instability of sand dunes

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7059, 2005, Pages 720-723

  Elbelrhiti, Hicham ^a,b   Claudin, Philippe ^a   Andreotti, Bruno ^a  

^a ESPCI   (France)

^b IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES; WIND;

SAND DUNES; SAND TRANSPORT; SOLITARY WAVES; WIND DIRECTION;

SAND;

BARCHAN; DUNE; SAND; SLOPE STABILITY;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM; WIND;

EID: 27144506292     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04058     Document Type: Article

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