Magnitude and frequency of grain flows on a desert sand dune

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Breton, Carrie ^a   Lancaster, Nicholas ^b   Nickling, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Grain flow; Namib Desert; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; AVALANCHE; DESERT; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNITUDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICA; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 39149122534     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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