Measurement of water content as a control of particle entrainment by wind

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-317

  McKenna Neuman, Cheryl ^a   Langston, Greg ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Beach; Surface water; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

AEOLIAN TRANSPORT; BEACH DEPOSITS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MASS TRANSPORT RATE; PARTICLE ENTRAINMENT; WATER CONTENT;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEACHES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

ENTRAINMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33645295761     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1245     Document Type: Article

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