Barchan dune mobility in Mauritania related to dune and interdune sand fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ould Ahmedou, D ^a   Ould Mahfoudh, A ^a   Dupont, P ^b   Ould El Moctar, A ^b   Valance, A ^c   Rasmussen, K R ^d  

^a Faculte des Sciences et Techniques de Nouakchott   (Mauritania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; MASS TRANSPORT; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AFRICA; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34548354984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000500     Document Type: Article

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