Cantor set model of eolian dust deposits on desert alluvial fan terraces

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-442

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Dust; Eolian; Mathematical model; Soils

Indexed keywords

CANTOR SET MODEL; CYCLICAL CLIMATIC CHANGES; DESERT ALLUVIAL FAN TERRACES; EOLIAN DUST ACCUMULATION RATES; EOLIAN DUST DEPOSITS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALLUVIAL FAN; DESERT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 34248531255     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23367A.1     Document Type: Article

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