Dust-raising in the dustiest place on earth

Geomorphology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 25-37

  Warren, Andrew ^a   Chappell, Adrian ^b   Todd, Martin C ^a   Bristow, Charlie ^c   Drake, Nick ^d   Engelstaedter, Sebastian ^e   Martins, Vanderlei ^f   M'bainayel, Samuel ^g   Washington, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^g Direction des Ressources en Eau et de la Météorologie ^*  (Chad)

Author keywords

Bod l ; Chad; Dune included turbulence; Low Level Jet; Self abrasion; Transport limitation

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; DIATOMITE; DUNE FORMATION; DUST; FORMATION MECHANISM; JET FLOW; PHOTOMETER; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICA; BODELE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34948843521     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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