Barchans of Minqin: Morphometry

Geomorphology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 405-411

  Wang, Zhen Ting ^a,b   Tao, Shi Chen ^a   Xie, Yao Wen ^a   Dong, Guang Hui ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Barchan; Brink; Dune height; Dune width

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; CURVATURE; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; OASIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; MINQIN;

EID: 34447329628     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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