Characterizing the height profile of the flux of wind-eroded sediment

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 835-845

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Average saltation height; Creep proportion; Exponential decay function; Relative decay rate; Wind eroded flux

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; VELOCITY; WIND EFFECTS;

AVERAGE SALTATION HEIGHT; CREEP PROPORTION; EXPONENTIAL DECAY FUNCTION; RELATIVE DECAY RATE; WIND ERODED FLUX;

SEDIMENTS;

EOLIAN PROCESS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HEIGHT; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33845873859     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0363-5     Document Type: Article

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