Air permeameter investigation of surficial dune structures in the Nebraska Sand Hills

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 645-652

  Goss, David ^a,b   Zlotnik, Vitaly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CRESCENTIC DUNE; EOLIAN SEDIMENTATION; PERMEAMETER;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AIR PERMEABILITY; CONSOLIDATION; DEGRADATION; DUNE; MORPHOLOGY; PERMEAMETER; SEDIMENTATION;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAND HILLS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34250805992     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/11200606009     Document Type: Article

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