Modelling transverse dunes

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 769-784

  Schwämmle, Veit ^a   Herrmann, Hans ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barchan; Dune fields; Saltation; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; WIND;

TRANSVERSE DUNES; UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS;

LANDFORMS;

BARCHAN; DUNE FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 3042704368     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1068     Document Type: Article

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