A second look at western Sinai seif dunes and their lateral migration

Geomorphology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 335-342

  Rubin, David M ^a   Tsoar, Haim ^b   Blumberg, Dan G ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lateral migration; Linear seif dunes; Stratification

Indexed keywords

DUNE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND FORCING;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 35848953431     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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