Desert pavement dynamics: Numerical modeling and field-based calibration

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1913-1927

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a   Cline, Michael ^b,c   DeLong, Stephen B ^a,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Amargosa Valley; Desert pavement; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAVEMENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DESERT PAVEMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSITION; EOLIAN-SEDIMENT-TRAPPING ABILITY; SURFACE-AGE INDICATORS; SURFACE-DATING TOOL;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAVEMENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITION; DESERT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAVEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AMARGOSA DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549029254     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1500     Document Type: Article

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