Variable vegetation cover and episodic sand movement on longitudinal desert sand dunes

Geomorphology

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 276-291

  Hesse, Paul P ^a   Simpson, Rebecca L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Arid; Geomorphology; Sand dune; Simpson Desert; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; DUNE; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRZELECKI DESERT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33750434545     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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