Wind erosion of blanket peat during a short period of surface desiccation (North Pennines, Northern England)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-488

  Foulds, Simon A ^a   Warburton, Jeff ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

North Pennines; Peat erosion; Surface desiccation; Wind action

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; EROSION; MASS TRANSFER; RAIN;

DRY BLOW DEFLATION; PEAT EROSION; SURFACE DESICCATION;

WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; EROSION; MASS TRANSFER; RAIN; WIND EFFECTS;

DESICCATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION RATE; PEATLAND; UPLAND REGION; WIND EROSION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947533659     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1422     Document Type: Article

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